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Plant fire near Joliet causes more than $20 million in damages

Updated: Apr 30, 2012 20:58 PM CDT
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

Investigators estimated that a fire at the AZZ Galvanizing plant near Joliet on Sunday resulted in more than $20 million in damages.

The factory at 625 Mills Road just outside Joliet was "a total loss," according to a statement released Monday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which is investigating the fire.

The building was full of flames when firefighters arrived at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, and it took five hours and six fire departments to get the fire under control. No injuries were reported.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal, the Illinois EPA, the East Joliet Fire Protection Agency and the Will County EMA Hazardous Material Technicians are also investigating fire, but no cause had been determined Monday, the statement said.

AZZ Galvanizing employed 64 people who galvanized steel at the factory. The building stretched about 300 feet along Mills Road and the operations, including a storage yard, went back about a block. The plant is in an unincorporated area of Joliet Township west of Rowell Avenue.

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