Dryer fire hits laundry business in Costa Mesa

By Hannah FryStaff Writer

Dec. 22, 2016 12:41 PM PT

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Costa Mesa fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze at a coin-operated laundry facility Wednesday night.

Firefighters received a report at 6:15 p.m. of a fire at Coin-Op Laundry, 1738 Placentia Ave. Crews responded within five minutes and found flames coming from a dryer, said fire Capt. Chris Coates.

Firefighters put out the blaze within 10 minutes and removed some of the drywall behind the dryer to make sure the fire had not spread into the wall, Coates said.

No one was injured.

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Hannah Fry

Hannah Fry covers breaking news for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered Orange County for The Times and has written extensively about criminal trials, housing, politics and government. In 2020, Fry was part of the team that was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. Fry came to The Times from the Daily Pilot, where she covered coastal cities, education and crime. An Orange County native, Fry started her career as an intern at the Orange County Register.