COOK COUNTY, IL — A floor of the Cook County Jail was evacuated Sunday evening due to a fire that resulted in an inmate and 10 corrections officers suffering smoke inhalation, according to WLS.
The inmate had set a mattress ablaze, causing the fifth floor to be evacuated due to smoke, WLS reported, adding the inmate and officers were all treated and released from a hospital.
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