CSW BREAKING: House Fire in Lee's Summit MO

Six companies of the Lee's Summit Fire department are battling a fire in a residence in the 1400 block of Southwest Charleston Avenue.

The initial alarm sounded just before 5:45 p.m.- and upgraded to a "1st-alarm" at 5:50 p.m. when heavy smoke and fire was seen coming from the attic and roof area of the 1-story structure.

Just before 6 p.m.- all firefighters were pulled from the inside of the house- and currently the firefighting is being done from the outside.


All occupants had reportedly left the structure- but there was concern for at least one pet still inside.

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CSW BREAKING: House Fire in Lee's Summit MO

Six companies of the Lee's Summit (LS) Fire department are battling a fire that has a house heavily-involved in flames in the south-central part of that southeastern Jackson county city.

The fire was first reported at 2:06 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the 200 block of Southeast 16th Terrace and when the first fire company arrived at 2:14 p.m.- they reported "heavy smoke showing " from a "single-story" house (shown on GOOGLE map image).

Additional fire companies were also then requested and sent- and for at least 25 minutes after arrival the flames were fought from the outside of the structure in south-central LS-MO.

The flames appeared to be knocked down as of 2:40 p.m. withthe fire declared under control at 2:54 p.m..

It's a lived-in house- but no one was at home at the time of the fire- the owner showed up around 3:04 p.m..

There were no reports of any injuries.

LS Police closed roads in the immediate area of the fire.

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