KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A maintenance building at John Knox Village in the 600 block of Northwest Pryor Road in Lee's Summit was damaged late Tuesday night by a fire.
Firefighters were called to the building about 11:45 p.m. after an automatic fire alarm went alerted emergency services.
There was smoke in the building when fire crews arrived and a fire was located on a mezzanine in the shop area.
Firefighters said the fire originated at the hot-water boiler and spread from there to the wood mezzanine and the ceiling space of the two rooms below.
The fire heavily damaged the boiler and a portion of the mezzanine with minor smoke damage to the rest of the building.
The fire was under control within about 15 minutes and the building was unoccupied at the time.
