KANSAS CITY—Investigators are working to determine the cause of a house fire in Kansas City.
Just before 3:30a.m. Tuesday, crews responded to a reported house fire in the 8600 block of Thompson Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, according to Battalion Chief Riley Nolan.
Crews reported fire showing from the 1-story structure on arrival and initiated an offensive fire attack advancing hoselines inside the structure. A working fire response was ordered. While advancing to extinguishing the fire, crews encountered holes in the floor, as well as a large amount of fire coming from the crawl space below.
Orders were given to evacuate the structure and changed the mode to a defensive fire attack. Three hoselines were used from the exterior while flypipe operations were being set up and eventually initiated. The fire was brought under control at 4:44 a.m., and flypipe operations were shut down.
Crews continued with exposing and extinguishing fire with handlines. Dangerous Buildings was called to the scene to evaluate the structure. There were no injuries were reported. A damage estimate has not been released.