Firefighters were battling a blaze on Monday evening at the Polanco Brothers Laundromat on Broadway.

Heavy smoke and fire at the rear of the building of 506 Broadway was observed at around 6:30 p.m.

Firefighter searched the three-story building’s upper floor for possible entrapment. Search yielded negative result.

Fire reached second alarm and was extinguished before 8 p.m.

Updated report on the Broadway fire can be found here: Paterson laundromat fire damages building, displaces 11 tenants.