\nKailey Bradley was sitting at Christmas breakfast with her family in Scott County, Tenn., when her sister Delaney Neal mentioned that she had to dry her clothes for three cycles before they were completely done.\n
Upon hearing this, Kailey’s husband, Rane, turned to Delaney and asked, \u201cHave you cleaned out your lint trap in a while?\u201d\n
In response, Delaney, 22, said, \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d\n
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Immediately, Rane told Delaney that after breakfast, he and the family would go over to take a look at what was wrong \u2014 which is exactly what they did. But once they arrived at Delaney’s house and Rane took the back off the dryer to explain how to clean out the lint, what he saw left them all shocked.\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe my sister\u2019s house hadn\u2019t caught fire with the amount of lint in her dryer,\u201d Kailey, 31, tells PEOPLE exclusively. \u201cThe amount shown in the video isn\u2019t even half of what came out of the back of it.\u201d\n
“We are in a family of four sisters, we are pretty ditzy, and stuff like this happens all the time,” she adds. “Thankfully we have praying parents.”\n
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\nKailey decided to pull out her phone film the whole mishap. She knew it would be funny and appalling, but never imagined anyone else would find it as crazy as her family.\n
But then, she posted the video on TikTok, and the views just kept coming. Since then, the video has amassed more than 7.8 million views and 5,500 comments.\n
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“Here\u2019s me thinking it will start on fire if I miss emptying it one single time \ud83d\ude02,” one user commented.\n
“As a large loss claims adjuster who handles fire claims, I\u2019m surprised we haven\u2019t met,” another person wrote.\n
Someone else said, “Are people not taught how to do laundry \ud83d\ude2d.”\n
“I called my sister at first and said, ‘Guess what? 800 people have seen your video!'” Kailey tells PEOPLE, upon seeing the video go viral. “She was amazed. Now, almost 8 million people have seen it, and we\u2019re in complete shock. At first, the rude comments bothered me, but then we decided, \u2018We don\u2019t even know these people \u2014 who cares?\u2019\u201d\n
After the incident, Delaney threw away all the lint. Kailey says she hopes this serves as a reminder to her sister \u2014 and to everyone else \u2014 to clean their lint traps.\n
\u201cYou too can prevent dryer fires by checking your lint trap regularly,\u201d she says.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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