UPDATE, Dec. 30, 3:55 p.m. | KSHB 41 reporter Elyse Schoenig spoke with Jewell Banks, who'd only been living in her unit for a month when she had to evacuate Monday night. Her unit was close to the fire.
"I walked out," Banks said. "I just saw flames coming out the building right next to me, right there."
Schoenig also spoke with someone from the complex's leasing office, who said they're helping with hotel arrangements for displaced residents.
"It's the holidays," Banks said. "I know there [were[ people and there [were] kids losing everything they have. That's sad."
As Banks battles the cold and uncertain days ahead, she said she knows it could be worse.
"Just trying to find out now what's going on, and where am I going," Jewell said.
UPDATE, Dec. 30, 3:15 p.m. | The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department reports one person taken to a hospital from Monday night's fire was treated and released Tuesday.
UPDATE, Dec. 30, 8:20 a.m. | The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department says the investigation has been turned over to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department's Bomb and Arson Unit.
ORIGINAL REPORT | A two-alarm apartment fire Monday night sent one person to a hospital, while others were treated for minor injuries at the scene near East 18th Street and Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
The call went out for additional firefighters around 7:20 p.m. at the three-story apartment building at 1749 Kansas Avenue.
The first firefighters on the scene reported "heavy" fire coming from the second and third floors of the building, according to a KCFD news release.
Crews rescued five people from the third floor, and several hose lines were used to knock down the flames.
The American Red Cross was called to the scene to provide possible shelter and personal items for those whose apartments were wrecked by the fire.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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