Incident Type: 
Appliance
Dispatch: 
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 9:02pm
Arrival: 
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 9:08pm
Address: 
600 block Langdon St.
Madison, WI
Narrative: 

Firefighters were called to the 600 block of Langdon Street Tuesday night to investigate a smoke odor.

Ladder 1 initially found a light haze of smoke in the basement next to the laundry room. Upon further examination, they located a wash machine that had been overloaded. They believe a belt inside the machine might have overheated.

Firefighters located the tenant to explain what happened, and they called the property manager to have him take a look at the appliance. Crews cleared the scene just before 9:30 p.m.

Posted 10/28/2015 - 8:20am
Contacts: 

Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer), 608-261-5539, cschuster@cityofmadison.com