Just before 2AM on Monday, 1/31/17, a homeowner spotted a neighbor’s house engulfed in flames as she went to let her dog out. A large first assignment was dispatched including water tankers since the area is without hydrants. When the first units arrived at the house at the end of a 1/4-mile driveway, the roof had already collapsed.
The fire went to four alarms bringing 16 tankers (tenders) to the scene in order to achieve a continuous water supply. The house was in unincorporated Barrington, IL within the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District.
![E-ONE e-MAX fire engine at work drafting](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-0045A-600x400.jpg)
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![E-ONE e-MAX fire engine at work pumping](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-0064A-600x400.jpg)
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![many fire department water tenders in line at a fire scene](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-0089A-600x400.jpg)
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![Bartlett fire department tenet dumps water into a portable tank](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-0121A-600x400.jpg)
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![Fox Lake fire department tenet dumps water into a portable tank](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9623A-600x400.jpg)
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![Firefighters battle house fire at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9647A-600x400.jpg)
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![Firefighters battle house fire at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9651A-600x400.jpg)
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![Firefighters battle house fire at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9660A-600x400.jpg)
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![huge house engulfed in flames at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9701A-600x400.jpg)
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![huge house engulfed in flames at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9721A-600x400.jpg)
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![E-ONETyphoon fire engine at work pumping](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9736A-600x400.jpg)
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![E-ONE fire engine nursed by a tanker at a fire scene](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9756A-600x400.jpg)
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![huge house engulfed in flames at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9807A-600x400.jpg)
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![Firefighter with ground monitor fighting house fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9872A-600x400.jpg)
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![fire department tenet dumps water into a portable tank](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170131_BARNC-9983A-600x400.jpg)
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There are two videos. The first highlights firefighting and the second shows the water supply operations.