Eight inmates die in county jail fire in North Carolina

Sunday, May 5, 2002

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. -- Fire broke out at a county jail in the mountains of western North Carolina, killing eight inmates who were locked inside its cells and injuring 13 other people, authorities said.

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