KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several Kansas City, Missouri, fire crews battled a 2-alarm fire at an apartment building Friday morning.
Crews were called out just before 9:30 a.m. Friday to the three-story apartment building near the intersection of E. 35th Street and Garfield Avenue.
A KCFD spokesperson said the vacant building was fully involved when crews arrived.
Due to the amount of fire, crews switched to fight the fire defensively using multiple aerial ladder master streams.
The heat from the original fire ignited a home to the north of the original building and crews started to battle a fire there as well.
Crews were forced to battle the second fire defensively as well due to concerns about a collapse of the first structure.
While the original apartment building was vacant, the home where the fire spread was occupied. No injuries to firefighters or civilians were reported.
The fire was put under control just before 11 a.m.
The Red Cross was asked to help one adult and four children displaced by the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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