The damage estimate from an early Tuesday morning Fire Department call to 436 West 8th Street in Junction City has been placed at $5,000 by Fire Chief Terry Johnson.

Firefighters were dispatched to the residence for heavy smoke in the house. Upon arrival they found a single story house with light smoke showing.  Heavy smoke conditions were found at the rear of the structure with no fire at that time.

The first arriving engine company entered the structure and found fire conditions in the laundry room of the house with a clothes dryer on fire. Second arriving emergency units applied positive pressure ventilation to the structure’s doorway to start ventilation. Utilities were secured and turned off to the house. No extension of fire was found in the building.

No injuries were reported.