A fire in a dryer at Modern Cleaners at 215 East Prospect left damage at the business. Pierre Fire Department First Assistant Chief Doug Hinkle says the blaze was reported around 2:30 p.m on Tuesday afternoon when a gas dryer in the building caught fire. He says the dryer was filled with clothes and as the clothes burned, they caused a lot of smoke in the structure. Hinkle says employees and patrons were in the store at the time the fire broke out, but says everyone evacuated safely. He says prior to the department's arrival at the fire, employees had worked with extinguishers to put out the blaze as best as they could. Most of the smoke came from the rear and east side of the business, as the fire burned. Hinkle says it's not certain what caused the dryer to malfunction. He says the dryer and the clothes inside sustained fire and smoke damage and the structure itself was mostly left with smoke damage.

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