'Near completion': Brookside house being remodeled engulfed by fire
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City firefighters responded to house fire calls in Brookside early Tuesday morning.
The call came in just after 4 a.m. from a two-story home at 60th and McGee Streets.
Firefighters entered the home and were then forced to fight the fire from outside.
More than a half-dozen firefighting trucks and emergency vehicles were called to the scene.
The owners were not home.
We’re told this fire started on the first floor and burned through the floor down into the basement, as well as up the walls and into the second floor and attic.
KCFD determined the fire was an accident, caused by improper storage, containment, and disposal of wood staining products/applicators/and waste. The products spontaneously combusted leading to the subsequent fire.
The home was under construction, in the final stages of remodeling with the owners set to move in at the end of November.
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