Fire starts in Koury dryer before game

Jay Dorne / News Editor

A fire broke out in a dryer in the Koury Center at about 4 p.m. Saturday.

The fire, which broke out just prior to a women’s basketball game, was the result of some towels igniting that had not been properly cleaned, said Allen Poe, chief of security at Elon. Firefighters from the Elon Fire Department promptly arrived to extinguish the fire.

Nobody in the building was hurt and the damage was minimal, Poe said.

If the items had been cleaned properly, the fire probably could have been avoided,” Poe said.

A similar situation occurred at the Koury Fieldhouse near Rhodes Stadium two years ago, but it is not a common problem, Poe said.

“Although this is not a common problem, Koury employees indicated they will be paying more attention to these kinds of things,” Poe said.