By Staff reports
Two staff members at South Central Regional Jail were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at the facility Saturday. The fire was reported around noon in the laundry room of the jail, a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said.
One staff member was taken by ambulance from the scene to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital. Another was taken to a hospital by fellow staff members, the dispatcher said. Both were alert and talking after the fire, the dispatcher said.
Charleston and South Charleston fire departments responded to the scene and had cleared at 2 p.m., the dispatcher said.