Brush Fire Burns Through 8 Acres Of Soybean Field: Fire Officials

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A brush fire burned through eight acres on a farm property in rural McHenry County on Sunday afternoon.

The Harvard Fire Protection District responded to the area of Boone-McHenry County Line Road and Yates Road for the brush fire on the farm property and when firefighters arrived, they found the blaze spreading quickly across a field, according to a news release from the Marengo Fire Protection District.

Fire crews dealt with moderate fire conditions, with the blaze moving rapidly across a harvested soybean field, and strong southerly winds pushing the flames through dry crop residue, creating fast-moving fire behavior, fire officials said.

The fire was contained and extinguished within 45 minutes, fire officials said. In total, about eight acres burned, and no injuries or property damage was reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.