VIDEO: One person is dead after an apartment fire in Kansas City on Monday morning. According to the Kansas City Fire Department, a fire was reported around 9 a.m. on State Line Road near the University of Kansas Hospital at a two-story residential home that had been converted to apartments.
KCFD said when responders arrived, smoke and fire were coming from the second floor. The department received reports of someone possibly inside the structure and searched the building. When searching the units, KCFD said they found a person who had died. Adam Sanchez lives near where the home was on fire. He saw the scene and heard the sirens Monday morning.
โI watched crews some together. I watched them put together their equipment and support for each other,โ Sanchez said. โThey seemed very well organized and orchestrated, and the crews seemed to know where to go. The equipment was handled well.โ FOX4 informed him, someone lost their life. โI was hoping that wasnโt the case,โ he said.
The Kansas City Police Departmentโs Bomb and Arson unit has been ordered to the scene due to the suspicious nature of the fire. The investigation is ongoing.
