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Oxygen Cylinder: Immigration Department

Rooftops Dept: Around 100 people at the facility were involved in the riot, which began Wednesday night when two detainees climbed onto a roof. Protesters set an oxygen cylinder alight, which led to an explosion, and fire destroyed nine buildings. No one was injured, according to CTV. Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan said the detainees who were removed are suspected of causing damage during the protest and a handful of protesters remained camped out on rooftops at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre on Friday, with officials sending up supplies of food and water, an immigration department spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity. Police removed 22 people from Villawood and transferred them to a correctional centre, the immigration department spokeswoman said. They were being questioned by police on Friday. As reported in the news.
@t department spokeswoman, wayne swan