MIDDLETON, Mass. — A transformer fire at the Middleton House of Corrections forced hundreds of inmates to relocate Tuesday night.
404 inmates were evacuated from one housing unit when a transformer unit burst into flames, the Essex County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday night.
They were taken to two other buildings on the campus.
No one was hurt.
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