Damage is limited after a commercial dryer caught fire at a Springfield laundromat Sunday.
The fire broke out around 5:15 Sunday afternoon at Cravens Laundromat on North Grand between 5th and 6th. An employee tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher, but was unable to do so and called the fire department. Crews were able to shut off gas and electric to the unit and put out the fire quickly.
That dryer was destroyed, and there was minor damage to adjacent dryers and to the wall above the unit that burned. Crews ventilated the smoke from the building, and the laundromat was able to reopen a short time later. No one was hurt.
