<p>Ten Cook County Jail staffers suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospitals after a detainee apparently lit a small mattress on fire at the jail Sunday afternoon. </p><p>About 3 p.m., correctional deputies responded to a small mattress fire that appeared to have been set by an individual in custody inside his cell on Tier 5A in the residential treatment unit, according to a statement from the Cook County sheriff's office. </p><p>Deputies quickly extinguished the fire and evacuated the individual in custody, who was the sole occupant of the cell, according to the statement. </p><p>As Chicago fire department firefighters extinguished the fire, it created heavy smoke so all individuals in custody on that tier and all other tiers on the fifth floor were evacuated as a precaution, the statement said. </p><p> The individual in custody inside the cell where the fire occurred was transported to a local hospital in good condition as a precaution, and ten correctional deputies who responded to the fire were also transported as a precaution to local hospitals, where their conditions had stabilized, the sheriff's office said. </p><p>The detainee has since been discharged from the hospital and cleared to return to the jail as well as all other evacuated inmates, according to the sheriff's office. </p><p>The cause of the fire is under investigation. <br></p>
Cook County Jail detainee apparently starts smoky mattress fire, injuring him and 10 guards 2026
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