Fire Alarms Go Off at the Gregg County Courthouse

LONGVIEW – An electrical malfunction caused some smoke which set of the fire alarms at the Gregg County Courthouse shortly before 4:45 Friday afternoon. The fire alarm alerted the jail staff to a problem on the 7th floor in the Gregg County South Jail Facility. Some jail inmates were relocated. As a precaution, inmates housed in two adjoining areas were moved as well. The fire alarm system worked as designed and in addition to notification, the evacuation fans removed the smoke from the building. Sheriff’s department Public Information Officer Joshua Tubb said there was no sign of flames or fire. All inmates were rehoused in their assigned areas prior to 6:00pm.