An unattended hair dryer that was left running fell onto a chair and started it on fire.
SPRINGFIELD - An unattended hair dryer that was left running started a Friday afternoon fire that caused an estimated $10,000 damage to a home at 41 Boyer St. in the city's Pine Point neighborhood, according to Dennis Leger, aide to Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant.
The fire, reported just after 5 p.m., was extinguished quickly by firefighters but not before it caused damage to a second-floor bedroom, Leger said.
No one was injured.
In addition to fire damage, the second floor sustained heavy smoke and water damage, he said.
The hair dryer was left running and it apparently fell into a chair, causing it to catch on fire and spread to other parts of the room, he said.
