Saturday, October 10, 2009

Arson Suspected In KC-MO "North-End" Fire



F
ive companies of the KC-MO Fire department rolled out early Saturday morning to a structure fire in the 500 block of Harrison in Kansas City's Old World North End.


Pumper 25 arrived 3 minutes after the 3:07 am dispatch- and found the back porch of a duplex burning.

A working fire response was ordered and firefighters used 2 handlines on the fire over the next 15 minutes until the flames were controlled.

During the firefight- the on-scene battalion chief spotted a Dumpster on fire a block away on Gillis. Another pumper company was dispatched on that fire.

The structure- a 2-story duplex- was unoccupied and there were no firefighter injuries. Dangerous buildings department was called as the burned back porch of the fire building was nearing collapse.


The cause of the Harrison fire- as well as the Dumpster fire on Gillis were suspicious- and a fire investigator was called in and discovered both fires were arson- according to a nameless KC-MO FD employee late Saturday afternoon.
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