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Article: Police investigating fire at jail say it may have been started by inmate ; An Exeter prison inmate is suspected of setting fire to his own cell causing six people to be taken to hospital.
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2009
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An Exeter prison inmate is suspected of setting fire to his own
cell causing six people to be taken to hospital.
As reported in yesterday's Echo, police, fire and ambulance crews
were called to Exeter Prison just after 8pm on Sunday by prison
staff when a fire broke out in the segregation unit.
Five staff were taken by ambulance to the accident and emergency
department at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital suffering from smoke
inhalation.
The inmate occupying the cell where the fire started was also
taken to hospital. It is not believed that anyone was seriously
hurt. Detectives are investigating the fire as suspected arson. They
suspect that the fire may have been started deliberately by an ...