Lake in the Hills fire guts storage building at Fox Valley Power Sports

A storage building holding snowmobiles, boats and personal watercraft at a Lake in the Hills business was gutted in a fire early Wednesday morning.

An estimate for damage to the building and contents at Fox Valley Power Sports Inc. was not available Wednesday morning, according to a release from Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District Chief John Knebl.

Firefighters were called just before 1 a.m. to a commercial structure fire at 8913 South Route 31, Knebl said. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters found significant smoke and fire coming from a metal pole barn.

Due to the size of the building and the amount of fire, a dozen neighboring departments were called in to assist with fire suppression and water supply operations, Knebl said.

Crews initially entered the building, but after a partial roof collapse, firefighters were pulled out and put on an exterior, defensive attack to prevent the fire’s spread, Knebl said.

The fire was declared under control at 2:24 a.m., he said, adding there were no injuries and the fire remains under investigation.