Firefighters prevent garage fire from spreading to home

Posted: September 20, 2013 - 1:00am
Updated: September 20, 2013 - 1:12am

Firefighters from several county townships responded on a reported structure fire about a mile west of Lawrence early Friday.

The call was dispatched at 12:17 a.m. following a report of a garage fire at 1652 E 800 Road in Kanwaka Township.

A deputy arrived on the scene, about three minutes after being dispatched, to report visible flames from the garage. The deputy found that all of the residents at the address had evacuated and were standing in the front yard. Residents told the deputy that there is a vehicle, ammunition, gunpowder and fireworks inside the garage.

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Fire crews began to arrive, about seven minutes after being dispatched, and confirmed there was a working garage fire. Crews reported that the garage is only a few feet from the side of the home and worked to keep the fire from spreading.

A county-wide tender (water tanker) alert was issued to assist with supplying water to extinguish the fire.

Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control in about 30 minutes. No injuries were reported.

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Fully involved house fire just west of Lawrence

Posted; July 8, 2012 - 5:02am
Updated: July 8, 2012 - 5:57am

Firefighters from several area Townships are on scene of a residential structure fire at 1565 E 800 Road, just  west of Highway 40 and K-10.

Crews were dispatched around 4:50 a.m.. Those responding crews reported flames visible from Highway 40 and K-10. Once units arrived on scene they reported the second floor was fully involved with fire. All residents of the home are said to be out of the structure.

Incident Command has requested a county-wide tender response for assistance in establishing a water supply to fight the fire.

The fire was reported to be under control at 5:55 a.m..

No injuries have been reported at the scene.

As new details become available, they can be found here from our reporting partners at the Lawrence Journal-World.

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Large brush fire in west Lawrence

Posted: July 5, 2012 - 12:45pm
Updated: July 6, 2012 - 3:40am

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Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical was dispatched to a grass fire in the 6000 block of Bob Billings Parkway and George Williams Way at 10:20 a.m.. A media release says that due to extremely dry conditions, wind gusts and an abundance of dry vegetation, the fire began to spread rapidly to the northeast potentially affecting several homes along Palisades Street and Langston Hughes Elementary School. The incident was upgraded to a structure fire with mutual aid requests from numerous neighboring departments.

Mutual aid was received from; Eudora Township, Wakarusa Township, Lecompton Township, Willow Springs Township, and Kanwaka Township.

In addition to the Douglas County departments, mutual aid was also requested from several Johnson County departments which included; Olathe, Lenexa, Overland Park, and Shawnee Fire Departments. Johnson County Med-Act also assisted with emergency medical coverage.

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Numerous homes in the 6200 block of Palisades street were evacuated until the fire could be contained. All residents were allowed back into their homes by 12:30 p.m..

No injuries were reported to Fire Department personnel and the American Red Cross provided rehydration assistance to multiple responding agencies.

Investigators say the fire was sparked after a squirrel came into contact with overhead electrical power lines, causing a spark which ignited the vegetation beneath the line.

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Officials say there is not a dollar loss associated with the vegetation burned, however minor damages are being assessed of the houses that were adjacent to the burned area.

Additional information and photos from Operation 100 News reporting partners at the Lawrence Journal-World.