COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A small fire at the Cook County Jail Sunday sent three staff members to the hospital.
The fire broke out in a cell around 3 p.m. in Division 9 of the jail, according to the sheriff's office.
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Staff members quickly extinguished it, but three of them went to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Two others were seen by onsite medical staff, officials said.
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One person assigned to the cell is being evaluated.
Sheriff's office officials said the fire was not near Jussie Smollett's cell.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.