Young adult taken to the hospital with burn injuries after Overland Park house fire

Posted: January 25, 2020 - 6:16 a.m.
Updated: January 25, 2020 - 8:38 a.m.

Three people and their dogs escaped an early morning house fire in Overland Park.

Police and firefighters were called to the home at 9516 Catalina Street at 3:34 a.m. Saturday after a resident called 911 reporting a fire in the basement.

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Two alarm house fire in JoCo

Posted: August 12, 2014 - 2:36am
Updated: August 12, 2014 - 12:58pm

Firefighters from three area departments were on the scene of a two alarm house fire early Tuesday.

Leawood Police say a passerby reported flames from the back of a home near College Boulevard and Mission Road at 2:16 a.m.. Police and fire units were dispatched to the area to investigate the report. At 2:19 a.m., dispatchers received an automatic fire alarm from a home at 4109 West 110th Terrace.

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Police arrived at 2:21 a.m. and reported visible fire from the home on 110th Terrace. Officers quickly contacted the residents and confirmed that everyone was out of the home.

Fire units started arriving at 2:23 a.m. and reported the fire was through the roof of the single story home. A second alarm was dispatched at 2:32 a.m.. The second alarm brought in additional manpower, equipment, and a Johnson County Med-Act Special Operations Unit. The special Med-Act unit serves as a firefighter rehydration and cooling area.

A neighboring home was evacuated as a precaution.

The fire was reported under control at 2:23 a.m.. The cause remains under investigation.

No injuries have been reported.

Fire crews on the scene were from the Leawood Fire Department, Overland Park Fire Department, and Consolidated Fire District No. 2.

Firefighters from Johnson County Fire District No. 2, the Lenexa Fire Department, and the Olathe Fire Department and are filling in at fire stations in Leawood and Overland Park.

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Prairie Village house fire

Posted: January 20, 2013 - 5:14am
Updated: January 20, 2013 - 5:59am

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Firefighters from two area departments battled a house fire this morning in Prairie Village.

Residents of a home in the 8000 block of Windsor Street called 9-1-1 to report the fire shortly after 5 a.m. Monday.

Crews arrived to report heavy smoke and fire visible from the front of the single story residence. The residents of the home were able to safely evacuate the home prior to the fire department's arrival.

Several cats will killed in the fire.

The fire was reported to be under control at 5:47 a.m..

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Woman injured in two-alarm house fire dies

Posted: September 17, 2013 - 8:18pm
Updated: September 20, 2013 - 8:49pm

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The Leawood Fire Department confirmed Friday morning that, 53-year-old, Diane Jakobe passed away as a result of the injuries she suffered in Tuesday's house fire.

Officials say the age of the home made the fire harder to extinguish. Firefighters found several layers of roofing, keeping the fire contained inside the home. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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A Leawood woman was critically injured when her house caught fire Tuesday evening.

The call was dispatched around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 9441 Meadow Lane, just west of Lee Boulevard and north of 95th Street, in Leawood. (Map below)

Fire crews reported flames visible from one corner of the home on their arrival and received reports that a woman lived in the home alone.

Crews quickly located an unresponsive woman and rescued her from the structure. Johnson County Med-Act reported that the woman was not breathing and began CPR. Med-Act transported the woman to an area hospital in critical condition.

A second alarm was dispatched, just after the woman was rescued, and all crews were ordered to evacuate from the structure due to the threat of the roof collapsing. Crews reported heavy fire in the homes attic with flames visible through the roof.

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Two firefighters were also injured, a Leawood Fire Department spokesperson said, "they might need a few stitches but, they were not seriously injured."

The fire was reported to be under control around 8:30 p.m.. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and a damage estimate was not immediately available.

The Leawood Fire Department was assisted by the Overland Park Fire Department and Consolidated Fire District No. 2.

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VIDEO & PHOTO | Three alarm fire in Overland Park

Posted: September 9, 2013 - 12:37am
Updated: September 9, 2013 - 1:10pm

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Firefighters from three area departments battled a three alarm fire early Sunday evening in Overland Park.

Crews were called to an address in the 5200 block of west 121st Street shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday. A caller reported that a grill being used on a back deck had caught fire and spread to the wood roof of the duplex. The address is just south of 119th Street and east of Nall Avenue.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire from the roof and immediately requested a second alarm response. All residents were found to be safely outside of the structure.

Overland Park Fire Department's Media Manager Jason Rhodes says, "firefighters attacked the fire, but had to take a defensive posture quickly as the roof began to collapse."

Rhodes says crews were able to continue attacking the interior fire after about 20 minutes. The fire was brought under control in about an hour.

A third alarm response was added to the call due to extreme heat. Johnson County Med-Act setup a rehabilitation station for firefighters to re-hydrate and have their vitals monitored by Med-Act personnel.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters from Consolidated Fire District 2 and the Leawood Fire Department assisted on the call.

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Video: Overland Park restaurant fire

Posted: January 6, 2013 - 5:05am
Updated: January 6, 2013 - 6:31am

Firefighters from Overland Park and Leawood were called to the Joy Wok restaurant at 11920 Metcalf Avenue just before 4:50 Sunday morning.

Two callers are said to have reported the fire, the first an employee of a neighboring business reported smoke visible from the roof. The second caller reported a burning odor in the area.

Overland Park Police arrived to report smoke from the roof of the building. Firefighters made access to the building and found fire in the kitchen area.

Overland Park Fire Department spokesperson Jason Rhodes says, crews quickly extinguished the fire which covered about 25% of the kitchen. The fire was placed under control in about 20 minutes and was contained to the kitchen area.

No one was inside the restaurant at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Heavy fire reported from Overland Park high rise

Posted: October 6, 2012 - 2:01am
Updated: October 6, 2012 - 4:29am

Six area fire departments responded this morning on a high rise fire in Overland Park.

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Officials say the call was dispatched shortly after 1 a.m. at 9350 Metcalf Avenue. Fire crews arrived to report heavy fire showing from the roof of an 11 floor office building. A high-rise alarm was immediately dispatched.

Overland Park Fire Department spokesperson Jason Rhodes says fire crews made access to the roof and quickly knocked down a fire in a rooftop cooling unit. Firefighters spend about an additional hour conducting overhaul operations and making sure the fire was completely extinguished.

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Fire damage was contained to cooling unit area on the top of the building. There was smoke damage throughout the building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Fire crews from Consolidated Fire District #2, Leawood, Lenexa, Merriam, Olathe and Shawnee Fire along with Johnson County Med-Act and Johnson County Emergency Communications assisted with this incident.

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Gasoline tanker crash in Leawood

Posted: July 14, 2012 - 2:13am
Updated: July 14, 2012 - 7:39am

Accident scene at 1:50 a.m.
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A large hazardous material response is on scene on the entrance ramp from State Line Road to westbound Interstate 435 in Leawood.

Authorities say the crash occurred around 1:40 a.m. after a tractor trailer blew a tire and left the highway, crashing in the grassy area between westbound Interstate 435 and the entrance ramp from State Line Road to the highway.


The truck was carrying 5500 gallons of gasoline and 200 gallons of diesel fuel at the time of the crash, which resulted in a spill estimated to involve 150-200 gallons of gasoline.

The driver of the tractor trailer was injured in the crash and transported to an area hospital by Johnson County Med-Act, he is said to be in serious condition.

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Fire and hazardous material crews from Leawood, Overland Park, Johnson County, and Johnson County Med-Act responded to the scene and working to contain the spill. Authorities say the accident occurred in Kansas City, Missouri and then crossed State Line Road coming to rest on the Kansas side.

The on-ramp is expected to be closed for an extended period of time. Two lanes of westbound Interstate 435 are also closed while crews work to clean up the spill.

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Johnson County Environmental Department has arrived on the scene. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management and State Fire Marshal's Office are being updated of the situation.

Carter Energy is the company responsible for the tractor trailer and their on-site representative has requested an Olathe company, Haz-Mat Response, to respond and assist with clean up of the scene. That company's full response arrived on scene at 4:45 a.m..

Accident scene at 5:55 a.m. as the off load is in progress
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Kansas City, Missouri Police confirm the accident occurred on their side of State Line Road.

At 2:37 a.m., Fire Department officials requested Law Enforcement respond to remove a "cameraman" who is attempting to approach the scene on foot from Interstate 435.

As of 5:42 a.m., Haz-Mat crews have began off loading the gasoline still inside the crashed tanker to another tanker truck.

At 7:30 a.m., Haz-Mat crews completed removing the gasoline and diesel fuel from the tanker and allowed KDOT to reopen the two lanes of Interstate 435 which had been blocked since 2:30 a.m..

The entrance ramp is expected to remain closed until around 8:30 a.m. according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

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