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Earlville firefighters battle pole barn fire over two days

Fire began Thursday afternoon

Firefighters extinguish flames from a structure fire in the 4000 block of East 16th Road on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 near Earlville. Fire departments from Serena, Mendota, Troy Grove and others were dispatched shortly after 12p.m. to the fire. The fire was upgraded to the second alarm through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS 25) shortly after.

Firefighters extinguish flames from a structure fire in the 4200 block of East 16th Road on Thursday, Feb. 5, near Earlville. Fire departments from Serena, Mendota, Troy Grove and others were dispatched shortly after 12p.m. to the fire. The fire was upgraded to the second alarm through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS 25) shortly after. (Scott Anderson)

By Mathias Woerner

Earlville firefighters were called out again Friday morning after a pole barn fire they had put out Thursday reignited.

Calls to return to the fire in the 4200 block of E. 16th Road near Ealrville came in at 10:30 a.m. Three vehicles responded and had the fire extinguished within an hour.

The rekindling of the pull barn fire began early Friday, resident Ashley Turano said. She said her husband, JJ Turano, initially tried to put out the fire without needing reinforcements.

The fire first started Thursday, and Earlville Fire Chief Ken Roth said the department arrived on the scene between 12:30 and 1 p.m. Roth said that the fire was contained within 20 minutes of personnel arriving on the property on Thursday.

Earlville Fire Chief Roth said that the suspected cause of the fire is electrical, although nothing has been confirmed yet.

There is no estimate yet available on the damage caused by the fire. JJ Turano said that there were mowers, project cars, tools, chemicals, propane tanks, paint, paint thinner and other materials in the barn.

The Earlville Fire Department was joined by personnel from Troy Grove, Serena, Somonauk, Paw Paw, Mendota, Leland and Sandwich in the initial response to the fire.

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