Saturday, August 25, 2007

KANSAS CITY'S BREAKING NEWS: Two-Alarm Fire In Midtown KC-MO

The fire is believed to be in a vacant building- at 27th Street and Troost.

The first alarm came in around 10:20pm- when firefighters arrived they found heavy fire and immediately ordered a 2nd-alarm.

Presently- at least 10 fire companies are battling the blaze- and it sounds as if perhaps crews are getting a handle on the fire as of this post.

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UPDATE: 0200CDT - Firefighters have mostly extinquished the stubborn fire in a large building- reportedly a "former bowling alley."

Several walls collapsed over the past 3 hours- but there were no reports of firefighter injuries as they had been pulled out of the structure.

Several companies of KC-KS firefighters were called to assist KC-MO Fire's battle.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a church, or at least the sign above the door said so. I don't remember it being a bowling alley for a long time.

Groucho K. Marx said...

I know the place now.

All I was reporting is what 2 different fire chiefs told me.

-Groucho

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