Tuesday, May 08, 2007

BREAKING NEWS: KC-MO FIRE INVOLVES INJURIES

KC-MO FIRE HAS CRITICAL INJURIES TO A CHILD- ANOTHER CHILD AND AN ADULT HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM A HOUSE FIRE IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF MERSINGTON ON THE EAST SIDE.

TWO CRITICAL PATIENTS "APROXIMATELY 4 & 8-YEAR-OLD MALES" SOON TO BE TRANSPORTED BY MAST.

NO WORD ON THE CONDITION OF THE ADULT PULLED FROM THE BURNING HOUSE.

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2245 CDT UPDATE: THE ADULT VICTIM FROM THE FIRE IS ALSO REPORTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION - "AN APPROXIMATELY 30-YEAR-OLD MALE."

I'M ALSO HEARING A FEMALE CHILD BEING TRANSPORTED (SORRY FOLKS, I CAUGHT THIS STORY ON THE CUFF) ALSO IN BAD SHAPE FROM WHAT ALL OF THEM SEEMED TO SUFFER - SMOKE INHALATION.

THE FIRE WAS DECLARED UNDER CONTROL ABOUT 8 MINUTES AGO AND I'M SURE WILL BE CAREFULLY INVESTIGATED.

THERE ARE 2 ADDITIONAL MAST-EMS UNITS BEING SENT TO THE SCENE - UNKNOWN IF THERE ARE FURTHER VICTIMS OR IF ANY FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED.


SUMMARIZING: AROUND 10:15 PM TUESDAY - IT APPEARS AT LEAST FOUR PERSONS - 3 OF THEM CHILDREN - HAVE SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES IN A HOUSE FIRE ON KC-MO'S EAST SIDE.
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2300 CDT UPDATE: THERE ARE ONLY 2 CHILDREN-VICTIMS OF THIS FIRE. ALSO- THE 2 CHILDREN TRANSPORTED WERE "NON-BREATHERS" AS CONFIRMED BY BOTH A FIRE DEPT. CHIEF AND THE MAST-EMS MED REPORTS TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.

THE FOURTH & FIFTH PERSONS INJURED IN THIS FIRE ARE FEMALES: ONE "23-YEARS-OLD" AND THE OTHER "30-YEARS-OLD" ACCORDING TO MAST.
THEIR CONDITIONS DO NOT SOUND ANYWHERE AS SERIOUS AS THAT OF THE OTHER 3 PATIENTS.

SO FIVE INJURED - 3 CRITICALLY - 2 CHILDREN AND AN ADULT - IN THIS HOUSE FIRE IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF MERSINGTON.
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May The Great Spirit be with this family.

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