AN INMATE at Channings Wood Prison was rushed to hospital last night (mon) after a fire in his cell.

Paramedics and firefighters attended the drama at the Denbury jail when the alarm was raised just before 9pm.

The fire was extinguished before a fire crew arrived at the scene.

The prisoner, who has not been named, was taken by land ambulance to Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital where he was treated for arm and chest burns.

It’s understood his injuries may be life-changing.