Residents displaced after apartment fire in Lee’s Summit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Lee’s Summit Fire Department is investigating after an apartment fire Thursday night.

According to LSFD, they were called to a structure fire at 9 p.m. at 1423 SW 3 Street in the Oaks Apartments.

When the fire department arrived, heavy smoke and fire were visible from a three-story,
twelve-unit apartment building. The fire from a first-floor apartment had spread to
the second and third-floor balconies.

The department said firefighters put out the fire on the balconies and entered the “well-involved” first-floor apartment. Crews quickly controlled the fire.

LSFD said the unit was unoccupied. Crews checking the apartments above the fire found one
occupant and removed them from the building.

There was no fire spread into the other apartments and no injuries were reported. The fire was out by 9:25 p.m.

The fire damaged the outside of the building and caused extreme damage to the inside
of one unit. LSFD said the fire looks to have started in the kitchen; the exact cause is still under investigation.

The Red Cross is helping the residents displaced from three of the apartments.

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