 The fire is estimated to be the biggest fire in the town's history since the high school burned down in 1943.The fire was so intense that the Homer Fire Department requested and received the aid of the fire departments of Albion, Albion Township, Sheridan Township, Marengo Township, Fredonia Township, Litchfield, and Concord.Fire trucks had to patrol the town, as ashes were raining down and posed the threat of setting houses on fire.