Dryer - Surge Protector?

[Eileen L.]

My tenant had an issue with the 1-year old dryer working. The appliance repair man who just went out said to get a power surge protector for washer/dryer and they had a lot of issues with recent fires and power surge. I looked it up and read that’s an electrical fire hazard. Does anyone know about this? I see on amazon that they sell for $10 for appliance ones, but I'm not sure if that's right. He had to reset the main breaker that turned off dryer, so it was a quick fix, but said it could prevent messing up appliance and having to pay more.