One Injured After Explosion and Fire at the Laundromax

One person was taken by ambulance for possible smoke inhalation at approximately 12 noon, after an explosion in one of the dryers at the Laundromax Laundromat located at 315 Boston Rd. According to a spokesman for the Springfield Fire Department.

 It was said that the injured bystander received the alleged injury after "a combustible substance on the clothing of another patron spontaneously combusted causing the glass door to break as it was blown  open, and revealed the burning clothes", this according to Dennis Ledger a spokesman for the SFD.