Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- From the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page:
Sheriff Paul Kuhns:
On September 12th at 9:53am a fire broke out in an isolation cell in the Effingham County Jail. An alert Correctional Officer saw smoke in the cell on the surveillance camera and raised an alarm. Another Correctional Officer quickly entered the cell and extinguished the fire, which consisted of paper pages from a book and a plastic covered jail mattress. Even though the cell was concrete and block construction, and not flammable, the confined space quickly filled with smoke and the smoke also spilled into the hallway. The isolation cell where the fire occurred was in the front of the jail and isolated from the general jail population, but the smell of smoke was throughout the jail area. Effingham Fire Department arrived quickly on the scene and ventilated the jail with power fans as County Deputies and City Police Officers posted on the open doors to provide security.
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