** KC-MO House Fire Injures 4 Firefighters *** The four suffered only minor injuries when a porch collapsed at a vacant house fire in the 6700 block of The Paseo around 1:30am Saturday morning.
The fire was first discovered by a KC-MO Metro patrol officer at 1:27am. For unknown reasons- fire dispatchers send only a pumper and truck company at 1:28am.
The response was upgraded by 3 more companies a minute later- 2 additional afterwards for 7 total.
Flames totally consumed the 1-story structure when the first fire company arrived at 1:30am..
A front porch floor collapsed several feet with the four fighters on top of it about 20 minutes later.
Those firefighters got themselves up- and continued to extinguish the fire.
They were transported by MAST ambulance to a local hospital after the fire was out.
The cause of that fire- deemed suspicious- was under investigation.
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** Critical Injury In KC-MO Wreck **
... A MAST-EMS paramedic crew happened along a car that had crashed into - and knocked down- a utility pole at 87th Street and Denver at 3:18am Saturday morning..
The crew reported that one person- an 18-year-old male- had been ejected from the wrecked vehicle- and that their patient was lifeless when the paramedic first attended to him.
The male was revived- and rushed to not-the-closest trauma center.
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Temperatures rose MetroRegion-wide overnight and were in the low to mid-40's in urban areas of Kansas City at dawn.
A stellar first day of meteorological spring today- before the winter hammer drops again by Monday morning.
Today will see increasing southerly winds and temperatures approaching the 70-degree mark in parts of the MetroRegion generally along and south of I-70.
Until relative humidities increase later tonight- a moderate rangeland fire danger should prevail this Saturday afternoon and evening.
Saturday night looks great- breezy and warm.
Temperatures won't fall much lower than the middle-50's even by sunrise when clouds move in. Areas along and east of I-35 could see temps bounce into the middle-60's Sunday before frontal passage.
That front and an accompanying low-pressure trough should swing through the MetroRegion- northwest through southeast- Sunday early afternoon into evening- dropping temepratures into the 30's by midnight.
Showers- thunderstorms and heavy rain begin after frontal passage- and could turn to a heavy wet snow in areas close to the Kansas City Metro by Monday morning.
Stay tuned for updates....
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