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MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - Firefighters were called out for a fire at a Mattoon laundromat Monday night. 

The Mattoon Fire Department responded to the laundromat at 1200 Dewitt Ave. at 7:30 p.m. for a possible fire. 

The building was full of smoke and fire was visible from the inside. 

Crews were able to extinguish the fire in a matter of minutes. 

No one was inside the building when firefighters searched it. 

Fire investigators said the fire started under a dryer where lint had collected and then spread to a partition wall. 

The scene was clear just before 9 p.m. 

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