vacant barn burns in Barrington Hills

Images from the Barrington Box Alarm from Larry Shapiro.

Wauconda and East Dundee tankers fill the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

The water supply officer manages the tankers dumping into the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

Forest Preserve sign for the property. Larry Shapiro photo

Many fire engines line Penny Road as firefighters finish up at the scene. Larry Shapiro photo

Barrington fire engine with lots of hose off

Firefighters begin to reload multiple lengths of hose onto the engine. Larry Shapiro photo

Carpentersville firefighters work a line. Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters douse the smoldering ruins with Class A foam. Larry Shapiro photo

White smoke shows the location of the former barn. Larry Shapiro photo

Barrington engine drafting from the portable dump tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

Arlington Heights’ new Ambulance 1. Larry Shapiro photo

Two large water tankers on custom HME chassis. Larry Shapiro photo

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The Barrington & Countryside FPD received a call reporting a barn fire this afternoon at 544 Penny Road in Barrington Hills. The vacant barn is on the Cook County Forest Preserve property behind a vacant house which used to be occupied by a caretaker. The structure was fully involved when the first Barrington companies arrived, and the alarm was upgraded immediately to a box alarm for water tankers and additional personnel.

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The structure went down quickly and no exposures were threatened. Five tankers shuttled water to the scene. Departments with tankers were Long Grove, Palatine Rural, East Dundee, Wauconda, and Bartlett. Engines came from Carpentersville, Lake Zurich, Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Hoffman Estates, and Fox River Grove. Palatine responded with Quint 81 in addition to Cary Squad 255, Buffalo Grove Ambulance 26, and Arlington Heights Ambulance 1.