Cell fire at Hutchinson Correctional Facility under investigation

CREATED Oct. 17, 2012

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The cause of a fire in a cell at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility is under investigation.

One inmate was taken to a clinic for smoke inhalation treatment after the fire occurred in the disciplinary segregation unit around 1 p.m.

Staff at the facility put out the fire. The Hutchinson Fire Department was not requested to help. 

There were no injuries to employees.