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Crews respond to fire at Portland laundromat

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PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN) No injuries are reported following a fire at a laundromat on St. John Street in Portland on Tuesday afternoon.

The Portland Fire Department says the fire broke out at Wash and Fold Laundry at Union Station. The one-way section of Congress Street near Marston Street was closed as crews got the fire under control. Power was cut to other businesses in Union Station Plaza, which remained closed for the rest of the day.

Fire officials tell our info partners at CBS 13 that the fire appears to have started in a dryer.

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