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Shortly after 7 am today, Knoxville Fire and Rescue and the Knoxville Police Department were paged to a call at the Wash and Dry Laundry on North 3rd Street in Knoxville. There was a report of a washing machine having almost caught fire, and there was the smell of smoke and water on the floor. Chief Jim Mitchell tells KNIA KRLS News that a belt had burned out on a washer, and created the smell of something burning. He says crews unplugged the machine and shut off the water to it, and then called the owner to alert them to the issue. Nobody was injured in the incident.

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