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Clothes dryer blamed for small fire at Grand Bear in Utica · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Clothes dryer blamed for small fire at Grand Bear in Utica. Written
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  by Tom Collins This article is being read by an automated voice
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  brought to you by Everlit. Utica
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  Firefighters requested Mutual said Tuesday for a fire at Grand Bear Resort
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  at Starved Rock, but the mutual aid call was rescinded after it
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  was learned a clothes dryer had caught fire. Utica Fire Chief been
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  Brown said the fire alarm went out at 2.23 p.m. Five minutes
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  later, he alerted responding companies to respond to a fire in a
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  laundry room, While en route, however, it was determined the fire was
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  to a commercial dryer and had been extinguished at 2 36 p.m.
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  At which point he advised other companies to stand down. We remained
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  on scene for about a half an hour. Clearing out some smoke
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  from the laundry room, Brown said. Damage was only to the commercial
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  dryer. There were no injuries. Brown acknowledged some relief. Aside from the
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  fact no one was hurt, a previous trip to Grand Bear was
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  lengthier and required an extensive response. In 2022, an unattended grill resulted
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  in catastrophic damage. 28 vacation units within seven cabin buildings were destroyed
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  by a fast-moving fire. Firefighters from 57 companies used 40 tankers to
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  haul in at least 5 million gallons of water. In that context,
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  Brown said his initial reaction to Tuesday's call was, oh you gotta
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  be kidding me.