3 injured in fire at infirmary building at Rikers Island

Friday, November 5, 2021
RIKERS ISLAND (WABC) -- An inmate and two correction officers at Rikers Island were injured in a fire on Friday evening.

The blaze broke out on the second floor of a seven-story infirmary where nine inmates with medical conditions are housed.
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The Department of Correction said there was heavy smoke.

It took 60 firefighters to put out the flames.

There was no word on how the fire started.

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