5 Pets Found Dead After Missouri House Fire
When I read about this fire, the first thing that stood out was how quickly everything unfolded.
Just before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, crews from the Independence Fire Department were called to a house fire near South Fuller Avenue and 28th Street. It wasn’t a late-night blaze or an abandoned property. This happened in the middle of a normal morning, when most people are just starting their day.
By the time firefighters reached the scene at around 7:53 a.m., the situation was already severe. Flames had burned through parts of the roof, a sign that the fire had been growing unchecked before help arrived. That detail matters, because once a fire reaches that stage, conditions inside become deadly within minutes…