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Over 650 inmates were evacuated after a fire broke out at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. The inmates were moved to different parts of the prison.

Fire broke out early Friday at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Hundreds of inmates were evacuated, but no injuries were reported.

A unit of a prison in Huntsville, Texas, caught fire early Friday morning, prompting the evacuation of all inmates.

The Huntsville Unit, best known as the historic Walls Unit, has been standing for 174 years. Around 2:30 a.m. the fire alarm sounded for smoke showing at the Unit from

Fire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate but injuring no one, an official said.

Around 400 inmates at the Huntsville Unit will be transferred to other facilities across the state after a fire at the prison Friday morning, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice says. No injuries were reported.

About 320 inmates were moved from the facility about 65 miles north of Houston

Fire broke out Friday morning at a Texas state prison in Huntsville, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate but injuring no one, an official said.

No injuries were reported among prisoners or staff, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, who said everyone at the facility was accounted for and in a secure location.

US News: Fire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate but injuring no one, an official said. Huntsville