‘Multiple rescues’ reported as KCMO firefighters battle 2-alarm apartment fire

A two-alarm apartment fire Monday night sent two people to a hospital while others were treated for minor injuries at the scene near East 18th Street and Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.

The call went out for additional firefighters around 7:20 p.m. at the three-story apartment building at 1749 Kansas Avenue.

The first firefighters on the scene reported “heavy” fire coming from the second and third floors of the building, according to a KCFD news release…

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