90 Convicts, Guards Flee Fire at Virginia Prison
United Press International
RICHMOND, Va. —
A fire that officials called suspicious forced the evacuation early Wednesday of about 90 prisoners and guards at the state penitentiary, site of a minor riot last month. No injuries were reported.
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