5 inmates intend to sue over February fire

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – Five female inmates intend to sue over injuries they say they sustained in a February fire at the Curry County Adult Detention Center.
The Clovis News Journal reports Portales attorney Eric D. Dixon filed the tort claim against the county Tuesday. The filing says the fire was started by another inmate who had been given a lighter by a jailer.
Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said an investigation is planned.
Pyle declined to comment further on “threatened litigatio