Fatality Crashes in Smithville and Blue Springs MO

Here are Missouri State Patrol crash reports and locator maps on these two incidents:


On M-92 in Smithville: 

On I-70 in Blue Springs: 

Four Die in Platte County MO House Fire

A house fire late Friday night near the northeastern Platte county MO town of Edgerton has claimed four lives- and the fire is being investigated by the Platte County Sheriff department as a homicide.


According to official reports- the fire was in the 3700 block of Buena Vista Road just south of Edgerton- and was reported to emergency agencies around 11:40 pm Friday night.

Arriving fire personnel found a house fully-engulfed in flames- preventing rescue of the four victims still inside.


As of late Saturday morning- Platte county authorities said that three of the victims were adults- 2 were females.


The third adult victim's gender could not yet be determined due to the extent of burns.

Pre-Fire GOOGLE Satellite Image of Farmstead

Post-Fire Image from KCTV5 NewsChopper

One of the victims was reportedly an infant.


Several other Platte and Clay county fire departments assisted Edgerton Fire at the scene.

BREAKING NEWS: Natural-cover Fire Threatens Structures in Ray County MO

Several fire departments are either on-scene or enroute to a natural cover fire in Rayville MO..

The original dispatch around 1:10 pm Friday afternoon was to "Richmond (MO) Fire- U and C Highways" and it was reported as "a large grass fire that has jumped the roadway and is threatening structures."

Richmond Fire is being assisted by Lawson- Wood Heights- Orrick- and just moments ago- Excelsior Springs fire departments.

More here if and as received....

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Fortunately- four or the five on board injuries are reported by the witness as "minor."

One of the passengers was seriously-hurt.

BREAKING NEWS: High Winds Fan Fires in Kansas City MetroRegion

Numerous fire departments on the Missouri  and Kansas sides of the state line are involved in firefights of out-of-control natural cover fires.


These fires are in Platte county MO- as well as Leavenworth and Jefferson counties in KS..

From all reports received here- the fires are in rural areas- but there are reports of some structures either threatened or involved in these fires.


The largest fire with responses from at least a half-dozen departments from 2 states is occurring in Platte county between Leavenworth KS and Platte City MO..

Platte county MO wildfire from KCTV5 news helicopter.

So far- no reports of any injuries in any of these wildfires....

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Oklahoma Quake Felt in Kansas City Metro

According to the USGS- a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred just after 11 am CST in N.W. Oklahoma.

The quake was felt over a wide area of the Central States- including Metro K.C..

A check of the Web sites of several of the larger cities' newspapers in the Region- including Tulsa- did not reveal any reports of damage or injuries shortly after noon Saturday.


Today's quake was the strongest recorded in Oklahoma since 2011.

Breaking: Man Shoots Up A KC-MO Northland Apartment Complex

KC-MO Police have a man in custody after receiving reports of shots fired and a possible shooting victim Monday afternoon.


The call originated around 3:15 pm- and emergency agencies were sent to the 1500 block of Northwest 38th Street- according to PD and FD/EMS radio reports.


This is at the fairly-new 'Landing at Briarcliff' apartments and PD dispatch reports the caller to PD said there "were numerous shots fired in another apartment."

Police arrives around 3:25 pm- then quickly take a male into custody who PD says "fired numerous shots" randomly prior to PD arrival.


Other officers are told to "check surrounding (apartment) buildings for possible victims" or damage from the man's random shots.


PD reports at least one vehicle suffered gunshot damage there.


As of 3:55 pm- there have been no reported injuries via EMS transport in this incident.

BREAKING NEWS: Armed Robbery of Max's Burgers- 8240 Wornall- KC-MO Reported by Police

At 3:02 pm- KC-MO PD dispatched Metro Zone patrol cars to "an armed business robbery" at "8240 Wornall- Max's Burgers."


Suspects initially reported as "two unknown (race) males" who "left westbound on foot" from the scene.


No reported injuries or other information reported.

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