Sun-Times Media Wire
JOLIET — A fire broke out overnight in the Joliet prison made famous in the movie “The Blues Brothers.”
The fire broke out about 3:15 a.m. in an empty warehouse that used to house mattresses made by inmates at the prison, said Tom Shaer, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections.
At first, firefighters faced difficulty stretching water hoses into the yard of the prison, which closed in 2002, said Ray Randich, Deputy Chief of the Joliet Fire Department.
“Twenty-eight years on the job and this is the first time I’ve had to break into a prison,” Randich said. “We had keys to the sally port doors, but they were all welded shut.”
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