Crime & Safety

Fire Scorches Dryer in Apartment Building Laundry Room (Update)

The apartment building is located in the 16700 block of Reynolds Lane, according to an alert.

A dryer was scorched in a fire Wednesday afternoon at an Oak Forest apartment complex.

Oak Forest firefighters had left the scene before 5:30 p.m. Patch received an initial call about the fire just after 5 p.m.

The machine was left outside the apartment building complex, located in the 16700 block of Reynolds Lane. 

Original post

Crews are responding to a report of a fire in the laundry room of an apartment building in Oak Forest.

Patch received the alert just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The building is located in the 16700 block of Reynolds Lane.

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