SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials at California's oldest state prison scrambled to provide safe drinking water to thousands of inmates after waterborne Legionnaires' disease hospitalized one inmate and was suspected of sickening more than two dozen others.Water was quickly shut off at San Quentin State Prison Thursday after testing confirmed the potentially fatal illness.A 3,800-gallon water tanker was hauled to the 163-year-old prison north of San Francisco, along with 2,800 liter bottles and a makeshift assortment of containers holding another 380 gallons of water.Security was beefed up as additional correctional officers were brought in to escort more than 3,700 inmates from their cells to about 100 temporary toilets, until the prison restrooms were reopened for use on Friday.Drinking water was still being brought in as health officials tried to find the cause of the contamination.Aside from the confirmed case, two other inmates also were hospitalized with symptoms and officials were awaiting tests results as early as this weekend on whether any of about 30 inmates have the disease.Dr.

 

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