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Fire wrecks vehicle, house Wednesday night in Kearney

Fire damages Kearney, Missouri, house, vehicle Wednesday night
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two people escaped uninjured after a vehicle fire in a garage spread quickly through the garage and into the house Wednesday night in Kearney, Missouri.

The fire was reported at 5:25 p.m. in a house in the 300 block of East 17th Street.

A Kearney Police Department spokesperson said the fire started in a vehicle in the garage, spread through the garage and into the house.

The Kearney Fire Protection District, with help from a Liberty Fire Department pumper truck, put out the fire.

No other houses were damaged by the fire, and no injuries were reported.

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