Firefighters respond to blaze at Port Phillip Prison
A fire at Port Phillp Prison erupted this morning after a mattress and chair was set alight in the maximum-security jail.
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A mattress and a plastic chair was set alight in an inmate’s cell at Port Phillip Prison just after 7.30am this morning.
MFB spokesman Andrew Stephenson told the Herald Sun two fire crews were still at the scene ventilating the cell after the fire was extinguished.
A ladder was used to gain access to the second level cell.
No one was injured, Mr Stephenson said
3AW reported staff had been evacuated while the fire was brought under control.
It is the second fire in a cell at the maximum-security prison in less than a week, with a similiar incident occurring on October 30.
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