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Laundromat fire does $10,000 in damage
Apr. 12, 2016 9:47 am
IOWA CITY - An early morning fire did an estimated $10,000 in damage to an Iowa City laundromat.
The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at Laundromania, 1848 Lower Muscatine Road, at 4:55 a.m. Tuesday. Crews encountered heavy smoke coming from the building and found fire coming from a bank of commercial dryers at the rear of the laundromat.
Firefighters put out the fire in the dryers and made sure the fire had not spread to the rest of the building, according to a news release.
The fire department credited the building's sprinkler system for suppressing the fire before their arrival.
Other businesses in the building sustained mild smoke damage. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Iowa City fire trucks. (file photo)
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