This from Scott Peterson:
This was Tuesday June 19 @ 0450hrs in Hebron IL at 12908 Hebron Rd. Box 5-871 to the 3rd Alarm for all equipment and it went to the 5th alarm from tenders only.
Departments responded from MABAS 5, 103, 101, & 4. This is a dairy farm and no cows were hurt.
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Excerpts from the nwherald.com:
Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched at 4:52 a.m. to Vanderstappen Farms in the 12000 block of Hebron Road. Arriving crews found the old barn engulfed in flames. The farm is in a rural area without hydrants, forcing the use of tankers.
None of the 92 cows were harmed and no people were injured. The barn was a total loss.
Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District firefighters battled fire at the Vanderstappen Farm in the 12000 block of Hebron Road.
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