Just had a strange experience in my laundry room. It is located on the ground floor along with furnace & water heater, storage, etc. Put some clothes in the washer, about 5 min later I heard a strange squealing noise. Furnace was running (it is all of 10 degrees here today). Smelled like there was a fire. Immediately turned off washer, squealing stopped & smell stopped getting worse.
Walked around the townhouse, didn't smell anything elsewhere. Also turned down temp on furnace, just in case. I'm thinking that a belt on the washer was rubbing on something or perhaps slipping. Anyone ever have this happen or something similar? Does this sound like a plausible explanation? Suggestions? ???