Overview
- Fire crews were called around 7:20 a.m. to the 3200 block of East 52nd Street and found flames on the second floor of a two-story home.
- Firefighters conducted an interior search and located an elderly man inside, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Kansas City Police Department Bomb and Arson Unit responded to investigate, which is standard when a fatality occurs, and no cause has been determined.
- Two other house fires were reported the same morning, including one on East 28th Street that displaced five adults and seven children with Red Cross assistance.
- A third blaze on Northeast 103rd Terrace was contained to a garage, and officials said all three fires involved occupied homes with no other injuries reported.