KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Firefighters with the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department battled a 4-alarm blaze at a two-story apartment building in the 3200 block of Hardesty Avenue.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday, fire crews responded to the apartment and witnessed heavy fire showing from the building.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire from the interior but had to evacuate the building.
Crews then worked to fight the blaze from the exterior using two ladder trucks and three hand lines.
One person was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries after jumping from a balcony before fire crews arrived to the scene, per KCFD.
KCFD's Dangerous Buildings and Bomb and Arson squads were ordered to the scene.
Red Cross has been ordered to help four adults and three children who were displaced by the fire.
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