Controlled burn spreads, damaging home in Lake in the Hills

Controlled burn spreads, damaging home in Lake in the Hills

Roughly four acres were burned and a home damaged in a brush fire in Lake in the Hills that officials said started as a controlled burn.

A "Controlled Burn"Gets Away from Wildland Restoration Personnel, Causes Damage to Siding of House on Steeplechase Way in Lake in the Hills

Police from Lake in the Hills and firefighters from Huntley Fire Protection District responded about 1:14 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2026 to a report of a brush fire about 2 acres in size in the block of 400 Steeplechase Way in Lake in the Hills. The fire involved a controlled burn by a wildland restorat

Two separate brush fires burn nearly 35 acres in Lake in the Hills and Marengo, damage house and machinery

Nearly 30 acres were burned and a farm machine was damaged after a wildland fire in the 20500 block of Bunker Hill Road in unincorporated Marengo Monday afternoon. | Photo: HFPD Two separate brush fires in Lake in the Hills and Marengo fueled by high winds burned nearly 35 acres of land and damaged a house just over an hour apart Monday afternoon, fire officials said. The Huntley Fire Protection District responded around 1:14 p.m. Monday to the …