The Fire Department responded at about 7:30 a.m. and Chief Charles Burger, immediately requested the first alarm.
The first-arriving Great Barrington units found a large 7,500-square-foot single-family log cabin with fire rapidly spreading from the basement to the attic on the west side of the dwelling.
Engine 3 stretched a hose line inside and rapidly knocked down multiple rooms of fire on the first and second floors. However, the fire quickly ran into the attic and void spaces in about half of the old dwelling. It took several hours to bring the fire completely under control.
Firefighters were faced with many challenges, the chief said. A water supply line needed to be laid 1,500 feet up the long driveway from the nearest hydrant, which is in a very low-pressure area of town. The Water Department was able to open bypasses in the system to boost the water supply.