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03-20-2009, 12:11 PM
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| I won Pro Street L-fest 6 Paid Member  | March 20, 2009 FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS Dark smoke can be seen rising from the roof of the Empress Casino in southwst suburban Joliet on Friday morning. Fire trucks, police and ambulance personnel are on the scene at 2300 Empress Drive, just off U.S. 6 after a fire was reported in the kitchen of the facility. A spokeswoman for the Joliet Fire Dept. said the fire was reported in a section of the casino which is under construction, but had no further details. Early dispatch reports indicate the kitchen fire has spread to the ceiling and that a second fire was burning in a building at Barber Court and Black Road, where the roof has reportedly collapsed. The spokeswoman had no reports of injuries as of 10:30 a.m. Good thing I haven't cancelled my room at the Fairfeild yet!!! |
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03-20-2009, 01:08 PM
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| Registered User  | I'm sure whatever damage it has it will be repaired by the time we get there. Accidents happen looks like it was in the new construction area.
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03-20-2009, 05:34 PM
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| Crash Test Dummy Paid Member  | As of now (six hours later) it’s still burning! The casino “river boat” itself is not on fire but the support building is. They say the fire keeps traveling horizontally through false ceilings. The hotel is actually across the huge parking several hundred feet or more away. WBBM 780 - Chicago's #1 source for local news, traffic and weather - Extra-Alarm Fire At Joliet's Empress Casino     |
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03-20-2009, 07:42 PM
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| Registered User | if it changes you guys will be the first to find out.
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03-20-2009, 07:42 PM
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| Crash Test Dummy Paid Member | Casino fire under control, officials say - Chicago Breaking News Hotel itself is fine... though they might be a little touchy about burnouts in the parking lot  |
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03-20-2009, 07:46 PM
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| 1994 F100 Lightning  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: St. James/Elk River, MN
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View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%   | Glad to hear the hotel is fine. I was just getting ready to call another place.....
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03-20-2009, 08:04 PM
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| Crash Test Dummy Paid Member | If you look at the satellite view you will see how far away the hotel is from the casino. The hotel is the building to the upper left of the complex and the RV park is just to the right of the hotel. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...=UTF8&t=h&z=16 Last edited by Chitown Willie; 03-20-2009 at 08:07 PM.. |
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03-22-2009, 09:43 AM
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| I Yem Sofa King Wetadid Paid Member  | You guys should be good to go at the hotel still. Like Will said the hotel is on the other side of the parking lot.
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