JOLIET, Ill. --
A kitchen fire at the Empress Casino in northern Illinois has forced the evacuation of everyone inside.
Police Lt. Stephen Breen says there are no reports of any injuries. He says the fire started in a kitchen area that was under renovation and hasn't spread to the rest of the casino in Joliet.
He says all casino guests and workers were evacuated as a precaution and the nearby parking garage was cleared.
Breen says welders apparently started the Friday morning blaze. He says a spark might have hit some grease around the ceiling area, but that it's too soon to say exactly what happened.
The Associated Press
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
Smoke and flames billows from the roof of the Empress Casino, March 20, in Joliet, Ill. as firefighters attempt to contain the blaze.
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
He says all casino guests and workers were evacuated as a precaution and the nearby parking garage was cleared.
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