The sound of fire trucks never seemed to stop while I was watching my sons baseball game at Lippold park. From where we were watching the baseball game we were 1.5 miles from the fire and could see the smoke. Our neighbor had just dropped her son off for his baseball game and told me that a home in Brighton Oaks located behind our homes, was on fire. I quickly headed back to see the action.

Upon my arrival no flames were to be seen, but the sight and smell of smoke lingered in the air. Fire trucks lined the street and firefighters were everywhere.

The six year old 3325 square foot two story home of Wayne and Karen Griffin sits on 1.27 acres at 5815 Hawthorn Lane, Lakewood, IL <-Google Satellite view. (Public record information)

The family had evacuated the house prior to the arrival of the fire department.

The cause of the fire had yet to be determined Wednesday night.

The three alarm fire was faught by  personnel from Crystal Lake Fire Department, Woodstock Fire Department, Nunda Rural Fire Protection District, Cary Fire Protection District, Marengo Fire Protection District, McHenry Township Fire Protection District, Wauconda Fire Department, Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, Fox River Grove Fire Protection District and Huntley Fire Protection District also responded.

( I need to update my watermark for 2008 )

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By TOM MUSICK, NORTHWEST HERALD, Thursday, November 16, 2006 5:25 AM CST

HUNTLEY – An asphalt-company employee was taken by ambulance to Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin after a fire Wednesday afternoon.

The fire started about 2:30 p.m. near a conveyor belt outside Allied Asphalt Paving Co., 11900 Raymond Court, which is about a half-mile east of Route 47 and Kreutzer Road.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, said Chief Jim Saletta of the Huntley Fire Department.

Saletta said a male employee had minor injuries and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

When firefighters arrived, Saletta said, liquid asphalt was burning near large silos behind the building and sending flames and thick smoke into the air.

“It was a lot of black smoke,” Saletta said. “It was looking pretty dramatic there.”

Some witnesses reported hearing an explosion, Saletta said. Fire officials were investigating that and other possible causes Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Woodstock and Rutland-Dundee fire departments also responded to the scene. Huntley police helped with traffic control.

Fire at asphalt plant

Special to the Northwest Herald / Ernie Hagenow

A fire burns Wednesday afternoon near a conveyor belt outside Allied Asphalt Paving Co., 11900 Raymond Court. Huntley firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly, but one plant employee was injured.