Firefighters quickly extinguish porch fire at Lake in the Hills home

No injuries were reported after a front porch of a Lake in the Hills home was completely engulfed in flames Sunday evening, officials reported.

The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded to a call Sunday evening in the 600 block of Willow Street in Lake in the Hills for a reported structure fire. Firefighters arrived to a one-story home with a “fully engulfed front porch,” according to a news release from the fire district.

The fire was “quickly extinguished” after crews used two hose lines and began an aggressive exterior attack, according to the release. The cause of the fire is being investigated, and no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported.

Fire protection districts from Barrington Countryside, Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove and Huntley along with the Lake in the Hills Police Department aided at the scene.