Kansas City Fire Spreads to Two Buildings

0:00It's April 17th. Kansas News today starts now. AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Early this morning, Kansas City Fire Cruise rushed to the vacant aisle of park apartments in the 2200 block of East Athe Street, after a call came in at 5-10am on Thursday. It was started as one fire quickly spread to a second building, with heavy smoke and flames visible from both spots. Cruise hit the ground running, pulling multiple hose lines to not down the blazes inside the empty structures. They managed to get everything under control pretty fast, and now they're wrapping a cleanup before heading back to their stations. No one was hurt, which is huge news since firefighters checked every unit and found the place is totally empty. Lucky break there, especially for a spot known to be abandoned, city planning folks and the dangerous buildings team got called to check out the damage on site. Meanwhile, the fire department's launching a full investigation to figure out what sparked this. That's the latest from Kansas City stay safe out there, and we'll keep an eye on any updates as they drop.