Fires Damage a House in Liberty- A Duplex in Lee's Summit

Residential structure fires in two of Kansas City MO's suburbs that start with 'L' have brought heavy damage to the properties.


The first was a house fire in Liberty MO in the 500 block of Melissa- dispatched at 3:57 p.m..

Smoke was showing from the story and a half structure when the first LFD unit arrived at 4:01 p.m..

Three Liberty FD units were assisted by 5 more from the KCFD- as both city's crews took about 20 minutes to bring the flames under control.

Two adults who reportedly "worked the 3 to 11 (pm) shift" were thus not home at the time the fire was reported.

There were no reported injuries.


The latest fire- involving at least 6 Lee's Summit fire companies is in a duplex in the 800 block of Northeast Banner Drive.

The first-arriving fire companies reported smoke and flames showing from a 1-story structure.

This fire was intially dispatched by to the LSFD at 4:45 p.m.- with additional companies sent to the scene about ten minutes later.


There have been no reports of injuries as of this post.