Inmates at Mass. Correctional Facility Evacuated After 'Electrical Explosion'
An electrical transformer exploded causing smoke and fire at Middleton Jail, leading to the evacuation of 407 inmates with no injuries reported, officials said.
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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…
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.
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