KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Investigators believe arson played a role in an afternoon house fire that spread to two other homes as winds gusted across Kansas City.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department says that around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, emergency crews were called to the area of 16th Ter. and Oakley Ave. near Van Brunt Park, with reports of a house fire.
When first responders arrived, they said they found a house completely engulfed in flames. As a result of wind gusts in the area between 25 nd 45 mph, the fire spread to the homes on either side of the house. As of 3 p.m., the blaze was extinguished, however, bomb and arson investigators remained on the scene…