Fire destroyed a Skaneateles home Sunday night as firefighters from several departments trucked water to the property.

Skaneateles Fire Department Chief Eric Sell said the fire started in an attached garage and spread throughout the structure.

Sell said the fire started in an electrical panel for a swimming pool pump.

No one was home when the fire started.

The 813 Hencoop Road house, owned by David and Marsha Smith, is a complete loss.

David Smith is vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel's Auburn plant.

The home was built on vacant farmland the Smiths purchased in 2003 for $85,000.

The four-bedroom Cape Cod style home was only about 18 months old and was tentatively assessed this year at $396,500.

Since there are no fire hydrants near the house, water had to be trucked to the fire.

Sell said tanker trucks brought water from Skaneateles Lake and from a nearby pond.

About 12 fire departments - and more than 100 firefighters - fought the blaze.

Sell said firefighters had to contend with oppressive outdoor temperatures while fighting the fire.

Firefighters had to be continually rotated out because individuals could only work for short periods of time in their heavy gear.

“It was a big problem,” Sell said of the heat. “It dehydrates them.”

Sell said his department got the fire call at about 8 p.m. and left the scene at 1:30 a.m. Monday.

There were no injuries.