LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Early Thursday morning a dryer caught fire at a Lockport hotel, causing all guests and staff to be evacuated as firefighters battled the blaze, according to the Lockport Fire Department.
At 4:30 crews received a call about a fire at the Best Western Plus Hotel on Transit Road in Lockport after a commercial dryer caught fire. When firefighters arrived all staff and guests had already evacuated the building.
While searching for the building, crews found that one of the dryers in the laundry room had caught fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished once the source was identified, the fire department says
Investigators said one of the hotel's employees stuffed too much linen inside the dryer, causing them to catch fire inside the machine. Crews estimate there was $30,000 worth of damage to the structure and $200 to the contents of the building.
