Fire Departments Warn About Fire Hazard
Local fire departments warn drought conditions are producing grass and brush fire hazards in the metropolitan area.
View ArticleFire Hits Plaza Business
A fire caused by an apparent gas explosion near JJ's Restaurant on the Country Club Plaza has sent at least 14 people to area hospitals with injuries, some of them critical. The fire started around...
View ArticleExplosion At JJ's Thundered Through Plaza
At least one explosion thundered through the west edge of the County Club Plaza district just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals. Some are critically injured. There...
View ArticleGas Explosion Guts Part Of Shuttered Housing Project In Kansas City, Kansas
A gas explosion Tuesday morning destroyed one of the buildings in the Rosedale Ridge housing complex, an affordable housing project which closed in 2015 due to poor conditions . The Kansas City, Kansas...
View ArticleArson Suspected At Northland Mosque Under Construction
A possible arson is being investigated at a mosque under construction in Kansas City. Islamic Center of Northland leaders say they arrived at the site, near Barry road in Kansas City north, for a...
View ArticleFire Engulfs Historic Pioneer Building In Downtown St. Joseph
A massive fire was reported Monday morning at the Pioneer Building in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri. Shortly after 10 a.m, large plumes of smoke and flames were sighted outside the historic building at...
View Article18th and Vine Buildings Damaged By Fire, City Officials Hopeful About Their...
Updated 3:30 p.m. "While the flames were dramatic, the fire damage could have been worse," stated City Manager Troy Schulte in a news release. "The redevelopment plan will move forward on schedule."...
View ArticleKansas City Man Asks For Release From Life Sentence In Deaths Of Kansas City...
It's been nearly 30 years since six Kansas City firefighters were killed in an explosion after responding to a call about a truck on fire at a construction site near U.S. 71 and 87th Street. But the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Damage Assessments Begin In Reno County Grassfire Areas
Editor's note: This post was updated Tuesday at 3:40 p.m. Reno County officials are starting to assess the damage caused by a large grassfire that has burned more than 6,000 acres since Saturday.
View ArticleAs Fire Burns, Brownback Says Parts Of Kansas Are ‘Drier Than The Desert’
Fire crews battled hot spots overnight Tuesday in Reno County, but residents of one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods were allowed back to their houses. No deaths or injuries were reported in the...
View ArticleUpdated: 17 Homes Burn After Apartment Fire Spreads To Neighboring Subdivision
Updated, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday: Fire officials in Overland Park say “skeleton crews” are on hand Tuesday, monitoring the smoldering remains of a massive fire that destroyed an unfinished four-story...
View ArticleUpdated: Massive Overland Park Fire Was Accidental, Number Of Damaged Homes...
Updated, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday: Local and federal officials have determined the cause of a massive fire that destroyed an unfinished four-story apartment complex Monday and damaged many nearby homes to be...
View ArticleBryan Sheppard's Release From Prison; Historic Wheatley-Provident Hospital
It's been nearly 30 years since six Kansas City firefighters were killed in an explosion after responding to a call about a truck on fire. A few weeks ago, Bryan Sheppard, one of five sentenced to life...
View ArticleGreat Plains Ranchers Look To Rebuild In Wake Of Massive Fires
Gena Kirk did not realize the largest wildfire in Kansas history was closing in on the Kirk Ranch on March 6 until she got a call from her brother-in-law. After realizing that her herd was in danger,...
View ArticleFirefighter Killed In Rural Lafayette County, Second Rushed To Hospital In...
A firefighter with the Mayview Fire Protection District was killed and another person was injured Monday in a three-vehicle accident. According the Missouri Highway Patrol , firefighters Jacob Hayward...
View ArticleTraffic Snarls After Semi-Truck Crashes, Bursts Into Flames On I-435 In...
Parts of I-435 near U.S. 69 Highway and Antioch Road in Overland Park were down to one lane of traffic Monday morning after a semi-truck crashed and caught fire. The accident snarled the morning...
View ArticleTwo Children Die In Overland Park Apartment Fire
Two children died and four adults were injured in an early morning apartment fire in Overland Park. The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday near 88th Street and Broadmoor, according to fire...
View ArticlePublic Safety Academy At New Olathe West High School Aims To Prepare Students...
Is high school too early to figure out what career path to follow? The Olathe School District doesn’t think so. When the new Olathe West High School opens for all students on Thursday, the district...
View ArticleFighting Fires For Free, Aging Volunteers Struggle To Recruit The Next...
If you pull a fire alarm in any large U.S. city, it's likely that paid firefighters waiting at a nearby station will quickly respond. But seven out of 10 American firefighters are actually volunteers....
View ArticleMissouri Auditor Subpoenas Records From Smithville Fire District
This story was updated Thursday at 4:30 pm with comments from the fire district's lawyer. In an unusual move, the Missouri State Auditor has subpoenaed the Smithville Fire Protection District for...
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