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| Fire in closet causes disturbance at juvenile detention facility |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/20/2004 |
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Employees at Huntsville, Alabama's Neaves-Davis Juvenile Detention Center spent Saturday inspecting damage from a Friday night fire that caused a disturbance at the facility. Police say a 17-year-old male detainee who set fire to some clothes in a supply closet about 9:30 p.m. has been charged with first-degree arson. His name has not been released because of his age. It was a chaotic scene: smoke pouring from the closet, overhead sprinklers raining water, rowdy teenage residents and an officer rushed to Huntsville Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. The officer was later released. "We had some residents that wanted to take advantage of the situation," said Neaves-Davis Director Charlotte Camper. "But things were put into order very quickly." Huntsville police officers, Madison County sheriff's deputies and paramedics swarmed the county-owned detention facility on Cook Avenue. Huntsville Fire & Rescue dispatched six pumper trucks and a ladder truck. "That prompt response," Camper said, "meant we didn't have children hurt or staff hurt seriously." The center's 35 male and female residents were herded into a gym. A registered nurse checked everyone for signs of smoke inhalation. |
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