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Fire damages Indians' spring home

Published Mar. 4, 2011 12:00 a.m. ET

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A large clothes dryer loaded with towels caught fire Friday and caused minor damage at Goodyear Ballpark, the spring training home shared by the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds.

No one was injured.

The dryer was destroyed and the facility's sprinkler system flooded the indoor bullpen area behind the right-field wall. Water seeped onto the warning track, and the ballpark's groundscrew was still working to get the field ready for an exhibition between the Indians and Colorado Rockies.

The game will be played as scheduled.

''There was no damage to the structure or public areas,'' ballpark manager Nathan Torres said. ''We're ready to play ball.''

Torres said the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

The Goodyear Fire Department responded to an emergency call at 6 a.m. and put out the fire, which was contained to a small laundry room. Torres said there were employees in different areas of the 10,000-seat ballpark, but none near the fire.

The Reds hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ballpark on Thursday night.

This is the Indians' third spring in Arizona after moving their training home from Winter Haven, Fla. The Reds moved in last year after being in Sarasota, Fla.

''The was the first incident, a very small incident,'' Torres said. ''Everything's fine.''

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