By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Kansas City firefighters responded early Jan. 15 to a two-alarm fire at the vacant Parade Park housing complex, which is slated for demolition.
• Fire crews found a two-story building fully engulfed and the fire spread to an adjacent unit before being knocked down.
• Firefighters controlled the blaze and searched the property, reporting no injuries.
• The cause of the fire is under investigation as crews remained on scene to extinguish hot spots.
KANSAS CITY, MO — Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire early Jan. 15 at the vacant Parade Park housing complex, which officials said is set to be demolished later this month.
Crews from the Kansas City Fire Department and mutual aid units responded about 2:45 a.m. to the 2100 block of East 15th Terrace and found a two-story building fully involved, Battalion Chief Riley Nolan said.
Firefighters stretched hose lines and deployed aerial apparatus to knock down the main fire and extended suppression efforts to an adjoining unit that also became involved.
A comprehensive search of the structures returned all clear with no reported injuries, and crews brought the fire under control by about 4 a.m., officials said.
Firefighters remained on scene into the early morning putting out hot spots, and the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, according to department personnel.