Barrington Sept. 10, 2008 - MABAS Div. 4 Two-Alarm residential fire

Construction workers reportedly were welding while installing copper gutters on this home when a bird's nest or hornet nest caught fire, igniting the roof. With no hydrants in the area, it became a tender operation and 4-1500 gallon pools were set up on each side of the house to draft from. No one was injured, but according to the Daily Herald report, the house sustained over $400,000 in damage.