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  • Kansas Firefighter Arrested on Arson Charges

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    Posted: September 15th, 2011

    An Allen County volunteer firefighter was been charged with 21 felony counts of arson in a series of rural fires set over the past month, according to The Iola Register.Firefighter Lee Berg, 19, was at the scene of a grass fire when he was arrested on...


  • Shooting Victim Pulled From Burning Kan. House

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    Posted: August 17th, 2011

    KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kansas City, Kan., police are now investigating after a man who had been shot was pulled from a burning home by firefighters Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews were called to the 2300 block of Merriam...


  • Kansas Apartments Damaged by 2-Alarm Fire

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    Posted: August 9th, 2011

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Overland Park firefighters are investigating what started a two-alarm fire at the Evergreen Apartments in the 9200 block of West 79th Street early Monday morning.Firefighters said they were called to the complex about 12:30...


  • Kansas Apartment Fire Leaves Two Dead

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    Posted: July 25th, 2011

    MISSION, Kan. -- An apartment fire in Mission early Sunday left two people dead, firefighters said. Crews were called to The Falls at 6565 Foxridge Drive just before 4 a.m. A man and a woman who were living...


  • Crews Battle 3-Alarm Warehouse Fire in Kansas

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    Posted: May 17th, 2011

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Firefighters battled a three-alarm warehouse fire in Overland Park Monday night. The fire broke out in the 9000 block of Bond Street at about 8:30 p.m. KMBC-TV reporter Dan Weinbaum...


  • Kansas Fire Truck, Car Collide, Four Injured

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    Posted: May 10th, 2011

    Three high school students were injured Monday afternoon when their Mustang collided with a fire truck responding to a call.The Soldier Township fire truck was headed to a fire alarm call when it collided with the car on Northwest Topeka Boulevard...


  • Man, Three Children Killed in Kansas House Fire

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    Posted: April 25th, 2011

    RICHMOND, Kan. -- A man and three children died early Monday in a house fire in the 200 block of West Central Street, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. The fire was reported at 1:40 a.m. The children's mother and another child...


  • Kansas Firefighter Attacked on Fire Call

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    Posted: April 10th, 2011

    MISSION, Kan. -- Mission police said officers had to come provide backup for firefighters responding to a business fire early Sunday. The fire broke out outside inside an office at 5401 W. 58th Terr. just before 1 a.m.


  • Kansas Firefighter's Home Catches Fire

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    Posted: April 10th, 2011

    SHAWNEE, Kan. -- An off-duty firefighter said he awoke to find his garage on fire early Friday morning. The firefighter said he thought he heard someone in the garage of his home at 5203 Monrovia Road at around 5:30 a.m...


  • Kansas Crews Battle Blaze at Firefighter's House

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    Posted: April 8th, 2011

    SHAWNEE, Kan. -- Shawnee fire crews battled a house fire that posed several problems Friday morning at 5203 Woodsonia Drive. Fire crews were called to the house, which is just east of Kansas 7 Highway, shortly before...