Fire victim: More could have been saved
Posted: 04/07/2012
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By: 41 Action News Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City homeowner says his clothes, furniture and other belongings could have been saved from a burning home if there had been a fire hydrant nearby.
John Priest was sound asleep in his house when it caught fire around 2 a.m. Saturday.
This happened in the 2600 block of Stark.
Priest said when firefighters arrived -- they began spraying water from their trucks onto the home.
However, when they lost pressure, the firefighters looked for the closest fire hydrant and found that it was at least a block away.
Priest said the fire started in the grill, which they used last night.
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