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From the Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 edition of the Northwest Herald:

Woodstock blaze destroys shed, garage

WOODSTOCK – A shed and garage were destroyed in a blaze that caused an estimated $40,000 in damages Tuesday afternoon.

About 1:15 p.m., Woodstock firefighters responded a shed fire at 11517 Charles Road. Fire Chief Ralph Webster said the fire likely started when the property owners were burning landscape waste next to a shed.

The shed caught fire, and then the flames spread to a nearby garage, he said.

“By the time we arrived, [the fire] was threatening the house and a larger barn that was attached to the garage,” Webster said.

It took firefighters about 15 minutes to extinguish the fire, Webster said.

No one was injured.

Emergency crews also responded from Huntley, McHenry, Hebron, Richmond, Harvard, Wauconda and Marengo.

– Diana Sroka