CSW BREAKING: Male Found Inside Burning House in Old Northeast KC-MO

The dispatch was to five companies of the KC-MO Fire department at 7:08 am Saturday morning on a reported "building fire" in the 5800 block of East St. John Avenue.

When firefighters arrived less than three minutes later- they found smoke coming from a 1-story house (pictured here) in the 5700 block of St. John.


More than 10 minutes elapse before an interior fire crew found what is reported to be "a male" victim inside the burning house.


That victim was in critical condition and taken to an area medical trauma center where he later died.


The fire was reported under control at 7:27 am.