Inmates at Mass. Correctional Facility Evacuated After 'Electrical Explosion'

Fire damages Middleton Jail, displaces inmates, delays visits

MIDDLETON — Inmate visits at Middleton Jail are cancelled until at least next week and some prisoners are being held in Middlesex County after a transformer fire in a housing unit caused extensive damage.

Transformer explosion causes minor injury, extensive damage to Middleton jail

A fire at the Middleton Jail and House of Corrections caused one minor injury and extensive building damage, according to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department. The fire broke out at the facility’s largest housing unit after a transformer exploded around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. All 417 inmates evacuated safely, with one “minor injury” reported in the hours after the fire, according to the sheriff department’s public information officer Gretchen Grosk…

More than 400 inmates evacuated after transformer explosion at Middleton House of Correction - The Boston Globe

Public visitation was canceled Wednesday, officials said.

Hundreds of inmates evacuated after Mass. jail explosion

An electrical explosion outside a Middleton jail prompted the evacuation of more than 400 incarcerated individuals on Tuesday.A transformer exploded around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the Middleton House of Correction, according to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, which operates the jail.

Transformer fire forces evacuation of hundreds of inmates in Middleton

A transformer fire at the Middleton House of Corrections forced hundreds of inmates to relocate Tuesday night.

Inmates at Mass. correctional facility evacuated after 'electrical explosion'

The 407 inmates who were evacuated were moved to other parts of the facility for the night.