Firefighters from at least 15 departments are battling a house fire near Pingree Grove.
A relay of tanker trucks is providing water to the hoses in the subdivision, which has no fire hydrants. A minivan in the driveway is burned and it appears the fire occupied the garage at the front of the house. Smoke continues to billow from the two-story home.
Among the fire departments at the scene are: Rutland-Dundee, Hampshire, Huntley, Hoffman Estates, West Dundee, East Dundee, Carpentersville, Pingree Grove, St. Charles, Elburn, Elgin, Burlington, South Elgin, Bartlett and Genoa-Kingston.
Traffic is blocked off near the subdivision, which is near Route 72 and Big Timber Road.
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