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NewsDecember 27, 1993

JACKSON -- A small fire broke out in the kitchen area of the Cape Girardeau County Jail Sunday night, causing minor damage to a stove. A spokesman for the Cape County Sheriff's Department said that at approximately 9:05 p.m. a fire was detected in the kitchen area of the jail, situated in the ground floor of the sheriff's department...

JACKSON -- A small fire broke out in the kitchen area of the Cape Girardeau County Jail Sunday night, causing minor damage to a stove.

A spokesman for the Cape County Sheriff's Department said that at approximately 9:05 p.m. a fire was detected in the kitchen area of the jail, situated in the ground floor of the sheriff's department.

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A deputy extinguished the fire before firefighters from the Jackson Fire Department arrived only minutes after the call, the spokesman said.

No one was injured in the incident.

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