Centralia City Firemen were called to the West Broadway Laundromat at 123 West Broadway Tuesday afternoon after the building began filling with smoke and the smoke alarm sounded.
The source was a dryer that had a smoldering fire that had started in a collection of lint. Firemen had to dismantle the front and rear of the dryer to get to the fire and put it out.
Earlier in the day, Centralia Firemen and Centralia ESDA spent two hours closing off the intersection of North Beech and Noleman after a crew installing new fiber optic cable hit a gas line. Ameren crews eventually arrived to make repairs. Firemen say no homes had to be evacuated.
