Saturday, January 30, 2010

CSW BREAKING: Midtown KC-MO 2-Alarm Apartment Building Fire



A 2-alarm fire in a 3-story apartment building in the 1400 block of East 30th Street has rendered seven people at least temporarily homeless- but no injuries have been reported as of this post.


The initial "regular" alarm to 1414 E. 30th St. was reported at 3:11 am. Five fire companies responded.

When the 12 firefighters from Station 17's pumper- truck and rescue squad arrived at 3:13 am- they found fire showing from the 3rd-floor windows of the building.

A "working fire" response was issued at 3:14 am sending another rescue squad- fire investigator and a firefighter air-supply vehicle.

The incident response was upgraded 5 more companies when a 2nd-alarm was struck less than a minute later.

By 3:20 am- the incident chief reported "fire on the 2nd and 3rd floors" of the building with 2 hoselines being used.

Nine minutes later- 4 hoselines had been deployed. At 3:35 am- the fire's declared "under control."

There were no rescues reported during the course of the fire and no one was found on 2 searches of the three floors.

The American Red Cross (please donate) were called to assist the reported 7 residents of the building displaced by the fire's damage.
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