At 8:35 p.m. Tuesday evening, a citizen called 911 and notified the Hamilton County Communication Center of smoke coming from the southeast corner of the Hamilton County Adult Jail.
Dispatch notified jail staff of the situation. The staff swiftly ensured that every inmate was safe.
At 8:40 p.m., the Noblesville Fire Department (NFD) quickly arrived on scene and observed smoke near the east side of the roof.
The small electrical fire was extinguished with no injuries to inmates, jail staff, or fire department personnel. Only minor non-structural damage to the exterior was observed.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department thanks NFD for its timely professional response to the fire, as well as the initial citizen caller who notified dispatch of the smoke.