Laundromat fire is quickly extinguished
Lee Hughes Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 9 months AGO
<p>Northside Fire/Rescue Fire Chief Brad Mitton, facing away, discusses a fire that erupted at The Logger’s Daughter Laundromat Thursday afternoon with manager Cassie, beyond. The fire originated in the dryer, upper left. NFR firefighters eventually put the fire out. Another dryer, at the end of the back of dryers, caught fire in the same manner on the same day in February. The fire’s cause remains under investigation. (Photo by LEE HUGHES)</p>
PONDERAY — The smell of acrid smoke hung in the air, and white dusty material, black soot and ashes trailed out of the two glass doors of The Loggers Daughter Laundromat Thursday afternoon, after a fire that erupted suddenly from a large, natural gas-operated commercial dryer, was extinguished.
According to manager Cassie Cain, at approximately 1:30 p.m. employee Mackenzie Cain, Cassie’s pregnant sister, noticed flames leaping from a dryer. She dialed 911 after her attempt to put the fire out with an extinguisher failed. Northside Fire/Rescue responded, and the fire was quickly put out before spreading.
“It appears the fire was inside the drum,” NFR Captain Dan Knott said. “But it’s hard to say what the cause was.”
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