At 2025 hours on Wednesday January 8th, Box 23-5 was alerted for the barn fire in the 9600 Block of Gibraltar Lane. E152(Capt. Broyles) and RE153(Chief Nalborczyk) responded with 11 volunteers on the box. E231 arrived on scene to find a 40x60 barn fully involved in fire with exposure issues. They immediately went to work protecting exposures and getting lines on the fire. C23(May) established the Gibraltar Lane Command and requested the tanker task force. E152 responded as 5th due engine and established a fill site for tankers at Urbana High School. RE153 responded as the rescue squad on the box and arrived to assist E231 with opening up and overhauling the fire building. Crews operated for about an hour before the fire was declared out. Units returned to service at around 2200 hours.
