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2-alarm fire at Rikers Island

Monday, July 11, 2011

Fire crews spent Sunday night battling flames on Rikers Island.

The two-alarm fire started just after 8 p.m. Sunday at the George Motchan Detention Center.

Everyone was evacuated and no one was hurt.

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Officials say 200 beds were destroyed in the fire.

All of the inmates are now being relocated to another prison on Rikers Island.

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