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MANSFIELD, La. — A smoking dryer inside the DeSoto Detention Center prompted a brief precautionary evacuation of the facility Tuesday evening.
Staff members quickly moved inmates and personnel to a secure yard area after the dryer began producing heavy smoke inside the building on Franklin Street.
The situation was quickly brought under control.
All staff and inmates returned to the facility once the building was aired out.