Inmate-Set Fire at Fulton County Jail Sending 9 to Hospital, Sheriff Says

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office explains cause of jail fire

The afternoon of Friday, Dec. 12, reports surfaced about an inmate-caused fire at the Fulton County Jail on Rice Street, sending nine people to the hospital from smoke inhalation.

9 hospitalized after detainee starts fire inside Fulton County Jail

Crews are responding to a fire at the Fulton County Jail.

Inmate-set fire at Fulton County Jail sending 9 to hospital, sheriff says

Nine people hospitalized for smoke inhalation after fire at Fulton County Jail.

Detainee charged after fire at Fulton County Jail injures nine people

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says a fire inside Fulton County Jail sent nine people to the hospital on Friday night. The sheriff confirmed that five detainees and four sheriff’s office employees were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with injuries related to smoke inhalation. All of those people are stable, but a sheriff’s office lieutenant and a detainee have been intubated. Labat said that a detainee out for free time gathered plastic trash …