VIDEO: Cooking fire damages JoCo apartment

Posted: April 30, 2013 - 10:40pm
Updated: May 1, 2013 - 2:37am

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Crews from three area fire departments extinguished an apartment fire Tuesday evening in Johnson County.

Firefighters were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. to the Four Winds Apartments, located at 10222 W. 80th Street in Overland Park.

Arriving firefighters reported smoke visible from a first floor of the two story apartment building, which was being evacuated on arrival.

The fire was located in a kitchen and was quickly extinguished by firefighters.

A news release says the resident of the damaged apartment told fire investigators that she was cooking and had a grease fire on the stove. She attempted to put it out with flour and then a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too big. She got out of the apartment and called 911.

No injuries were reported and only one unit was uninhabitable Tuesday night.

Crews from the Lenexa Fire Department and Merriam Fire Department also assisted on the fire.

Overland Park Fire says you should keep a cookie sheet near your stove and in the event of a fire, slide it over the top of the pan that is on fire. This will smother the fire. Do not move the pan or put anything else on the fire. Cover the fire, get out and call 911.

More fire safety information and videos can be found on the city's website, www.opkansas.org.

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Second pool related accident turns fatal in Overland Park

Posted: June 29, 2012 - 8:54pm
Updated: July 6, 2012 - 10:07am

UPDATE: Overland Park Police confirm that the 6-year-old boy rescued from an Overland Park pool a week ago, today, has died. The boy lived in the Four Winds apartment complex in the 8000 block of Perry Street. Officials say the boy went missing from his family's apartment for about 10 minutes before he was located in the pool. He was transported by Johnson County Med-Act to an area hospital in critical condition after paramedics and family members performed CPR.


Original Post: June 30, 2012
Overland Park Police are investigating after two separate pool related accidents on Friday.

Police say the first occurred around 5:30 p.m., at the Econo Lodge located at 7508 Shawnee Mission Parkway. A man was pronounced deceased on that scene after he was pulled from the pool. Police have not released any further information regarding this incident or the circumstances surrounding it.

The second incident occurred before 8 p.m., at the Four Winds Apartments in the 8000 block of Perry Street. Police say the family of a 6-year-old boy were searching for him throughout the complex. The boy was found by another resident after that resident "stumbled" over the boy on the bottom of the pool. The boy was pulled from the pool and emergency crews performed CPR for an "extended period" according to Johnson County Med-Act. As of this report, Police say the boy is in critical condition at an area hospital.

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