Officers, Inmates Injured in Fire at Attica Prison
<i> United Press International</i>
ATTICA, N.Y. —
About two dozen corrections officers and inmates suffered minor injuries in a cell fire at the Attica Correctional Facility, authorities said Sunday. The cause of the fire Saturday at the maximum-security prison is under investigation.
Attica was the scene of the nation’s bloodiest prison uprising in September, 1971. Forty-three people, 32 inmates and 11 corrections employees were killed in the four-day riot.
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