Five Inmates, Four Staff Members Hospitalized After Trash Set on Fire in Fulton County Jail Shower

According to an article from Fox 5 Atlanta, investigators determined that the fire started at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the jail’s seventh floor. An inmate was out for free time when they gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag containing Styrofoam food trays, placed them in a bottom tier shower and set them on fire, causing thick smoke and flames.

Atlanta News First reports a total of nine people--five inmates and four staff members--were sent to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. Two of the victims, an inmate and a lieutenant, were intubated. Labat stated the inmate responsible for the fire will "be charged accordingly."

A video shared by @AtlantaUnleashed shows Sheriff Pat Labat giving a press conference. A preliminary investigation indicates an inmate gathered a pile of garbage in a seventh-floor shower before setting the rubbish ablaze.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 901 Rice St NW.

According to an article from Fox 5 Atlanta, investigators determined that the fire started at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the jail’s seventh floor. An inmate was out for free time when they gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag containing Styrofoam food trays, placed them in a bottom tier shower and set them on fire, causing thick smoke and flames.

Atlanta News First reports a total of nine people--five inmates and four staff members--were sent to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. Two of the victims, an inmate and a lieutenant, were intubated. Labat stated the inmate responsible for the fire will "be charged accordingly."

A video shared by @AtlantaUnleashed shows Sheriff Pat Labat giving a press conference. A preliminary investigation indicates an inmate gathered a pile of garbage in a seventh-floor shower before setting the rubbish ablaze.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 901 Rice St NW.

According to an article from Fox 5 Atlanta, investigators determined that the fire started at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the jail’s seventh floor. An inmate was out for free time when they gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag containing Styrofoam food trays, placed them in a bottom tier shower and set them on fire, causing thick smoke and flames.

Atlanta News First reports a total of nine people--five inmates and four staff members--were sent to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. Two of the victims, an inmate and a lieutenant, were intubated. Labat stated the inmate responsible for the fire will "be charged accordingly."

A video shared by @AtlantaUnleashed shows Sheriff Pat Labat giving a press conference. A preliminary investigation indicates an inmate gathered a pile of garbage in a seventh-floor shower before setting the rubbish ablaze.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 901 Rice St NW.

According to an article from Fox 5 Atlanta, investigators determined that the fire started at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the jail’s seventh floor. An inmate was out for free time when they gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag containing Styrofoam food trays, placed them in a bottom tier shower and set them on fire, causing thick smoke and flames.

Atlanta News First reports a total of nine people--five inmates and four staff members--were sent to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. Two of the victims, an inmate and a lieutenant, were intubated. Labat stated the inmate responsible for the fire will "be charged accordingly."

A video shared by @AtlantaUnleashed shows Sheriff Pat Labat giving a press conference. A preliminary investigation indicates an inmate gathered a pile of garbage in a seventh-floor shower before setting the rubbish ablaze.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 901 Rice St NW.

According to an article from Fox 5 Atlanta, investigators determined that the fire started at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the jail’s seventh floor. An inmate was out for free time when they gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag containing Styrofoam food trays, placed them in a bottom tier shower and set them on fire, causing thick smoke and flames.

Atlanta News First reports a total of nine people--five inmates and four staff members--were sent to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. Two of the victims, an inmate and a lieutenant, were intubated. Labat stated the inmate responsible for the fire will "be charged accordingly."

A video shared by @AtlantaUnleashed shows Sheriff Pat Labat giving a press conference. A preliminary investigation indicates an inmate gathered a pile of garbage in a seventh-floor shower before setting the rubbish ablaze.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 901 Rice St NW.