Fire extinguished at shopping center
Published 1:25 pm Sunday, January 28, 2018
- Firefighters extinguished a fire reportedly started by a faulty dryer on Saturday. (City of Suffolk photo)
Suffolk Fire & Rescue extinguished a fire at a commercial laundry facility on Saturday evening.
The fire at the Wash House Launderette in the 800 block of North Main Street was reported at 10:05 p.m.
The first unit arrived five minutes later and found heavy smoke inside the facility, according to a city press release. All occupants inside the business had evacuated. The fire was contained to a dryer unit that reportedly malfunctioned, and the marked under control at 10:26 p.m., according to the press release.
There were no injuries.