Overview
- Fire crews responded around 5:30 a.m. Saturday to the 4700 block of Lindwall Road and found a roughly 30-by-45-foot barn fully engulfed and collapsing.
- Two vehicles burned and flames spread toward the nearby house, which sustained only minor damage after the family escaped unharmed.
- The blaze was brought under control in about 30 minutes, with crews remaining for roughly two hours to check the attic and hotspots.
- Between 50 and 60 chickens were believed to be inside the barn and are believed to have died, according to fire officials.
- The fire is not being treated as suspicious, the cause remains under investigation, and multiple neighboring fire and rescue districts and the McHenry County Sheriff's Office assisted.