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WILL COUNTY - Harrah's Casino Hotel in Joliet was evacuated on Friday after housekeeping staff found what they believed at the time were explosives in a guest's room.
Around 11:55 a.m., Joliet police responded to the location to investigate. The building was immediately evacuated.
A Cook County bomb squad also came to the scene and determined the unmarked explosives were just fireworks, police said. Additional fireworks were found inside a vehicle in the casino parking garage.
The bomb squad took custody of the fireworks for disposal.
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The casino, hotel and parking garage were then re-opened to the public.
The investigation is ongoing.