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13 displaced after Overland Park apartment fire

Posted at 6:36 AM, Feb 02, 2018
and last updated 2018-02-02 09:05:03-05

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The Overland Park Fire Department responded to an early morning fire at the Meadowlark Hills Apartments, a complex tucked in a neighborhood just northwest of 95th and Metcalf.

Fire crews arrived at the scene around 2 a.m. Friday near 91st Street and Robinson to a smoky, active fire. Several of the residents had already evacuated, and crews went through and got everyone else out safe. 

Chief Bryan Dehner says a few people were treated at the scene for possible smoke inhalation, but no one was injured or hospitalized. 

The Red Cross is helping 13 people find a place to stay as fire investigators work to figure out what started the fire that destroyed their homes. Chief Dehner says his crew will wait until sunrise Friday to investigate the cause.

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