ATLANTA (AP) - Three people were transported to a hospital after inmates started a fire at a Georgia jail by burning two mattresses, authorities said.
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said two Fulton County Jail employees and an inmate at were taken to a hospital as a precaution after the blaze Saturday morning.
The fire was already out by the time crews got to the building, but there was heavy smoke and minor damage, Atlanta Fire Rescue spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He said a guard had also suffered from smoke inhalation.
Flanagan said the fire, which started on the seventh floor of the jail building, and was extinguished by employees.
It is not clear how many inmates are responsible for setting the mattresses on fire.
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