SPRINGFIELD, IL- (Monique Garcia, Chicago Tribune. Please click on the link for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.
State lawmakers returning to the Capitol for the start of a veto session were briefly turned away after a small fire broke out in a Senate office Tuesday morning.
Springfield Fire Marshal Chris Richmond said his department was called around 11 a.m. after a steam heating unit caught fire in an office used by Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Republican from Sugar Grove.
Calling it a “quirky mechanical failure,” Richmond said damage was minimal and contained to the heating unit and surrounding woodwork.
After people were allowed back into the building, senators in nearby suites could be seen propping open doors in an attempt to air out their offices.
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