5th Alarm fire in Woodstock, 11-26-13

This is from Tyler Tobolt:

On the night of November 26th, 2013, the Woodstock Fire Department was called to a possible barn fire at 16812 Kunde Road in Union. Upon arrival, they found a fully involved hay barn. At 6:40 PM, command requested MABAS Box #5-73 for the second level. The units that responded included a Crystal Lake engine, a Marengo engine, a Union tanker, a McHenry tanker, a Cary tanker, a Harvard squad, a Wonder Lake squad, a Huntley RIT chief and engine, EMA, and the Salvation Army. Command units were a Fox Lake engine, Marengo EMS, Woodstock chief, and a Nunda Rural tanker.

Shortly after, at 6:48 PM, command upgraded to the third alarm. Additional units included a Wauconda engine, the Nunda Rural tanker, a Hebron tanker, an Algonquin truck, a McHenry squad with a cascade, and a Harvard chief.

By around 7 PM, the incident was escalated to the fourth alarm, specifically for tankers. This brought in a Hampshire tanker, a Spring Grove tanker, a Fox River Grove tanker, and a Richmond tanker. Firefighters were working on a large, fully engulfed hay barn with some exposure. All tankers were actively supplying multiple lines. About 1.5 hours into the response, command requested the fifth alarm for engines only, which added a Rutland-Dundee engine and an engine from Walworth, Wisconsin. The MABAS Box was eventually withdrawn around 9 PM, but crews were still on scene and working late into the night.

Thanks, Tyler.

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Tyler Tobolt photo

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