<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Fire burns hole in wall in house north of Galena

March 26, 2008 11:34 pm

— GALENA, Kan. — A clothes dryer caught fire, burning a hole in the wall of a house at 7555 Northeast Liberty Road, said Chad Stapleton, a driver with the Galena Fire Department.
Stapleton said Tonya Gath, the owner of the single-story, frame house, had the fire nearly extinguished by the time firefighters arrived. The department received the call at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday. The location is 14 miles north of Galena.
There were no injuries.
The department had one truck and three firefighters at the scene. Firefighters left at 10:15 a.m.