Tornado destroys a jail building
From Times Wire Reports
An apparent tornado demolished a jail building and overturned vehicles in the central part of the state, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
One of two minimum-security annex buildings at the Pasco County Jail in Land O’ Lakes was destroyed, sheriff’s spokesman Doug Tobin said. The approximately 125 female inmates it housed had been evacuated to the main jail moments earlier.
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