A clothing dryer sparked a fire that broke out at a Whitehall home Thursday morning.

Whitehall police and fire departments responded to the home in the 4800 block of Old Boston Road when the fire call came in at 11:18 a.m. The fire was under control before noon.

Whitehall police had the road blocked at both ends while crews responded. The road was re-opened around 12:30 p.m., with the fire marshall and some members of the Whitehall fire department still on scene.

A spokeswoman from the police department said this was a common dryer fire that broke out in the basement of the home. She did not have information Thursday afternoon about damage to the home.

Baldwin-Whitehall Patch will bring you more details as they become available.

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