Fire breaks out in Turkish prison, 7 hospitalized
A fire broke out in a prison in Turkey's southeastern province of Adana on Thursday and seven inmates were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
Local media quoted Ceyhan District Governor Gurbuz Karakus as saying that the fire broke out around 5 p.m. (GMT 1500) on Thursday in a part of the prison where convicted drug dealers were jailed.
He said seven inmates were suffocated by smoke inhalation and had been sent to hospital, and that firefighters had brought the blaze under control.
The district governor added the district prosecutor has launched an investigation into the cause of the fire.
