Man killed in early morning house fire

Johnson County Consolidated Fire District No. 2 firefighters
on the scene of an early morning house fire in Mission Hills

Posted: March 19, 2019 - 5:24 a.m.

A man in his 50's is dead after an early morning fire inside a Mission Hills home.

Firefighters were called to the home at 3616 West 69th Street at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday.

"An elderly female resident reports that she heard the smoke alarm from her second-floor bedroom, came down to the main level of the home, found her son in the area of the fire which was located in the living room," Johnson County Consolidated Fire District No. 2 Fire Chief Tony Lopez said in a news release.

Lopez says the woman is in her early 90's and her son was in his 50's.

"Due to conditions, she was unable to see her phone to call 911 and exited the home to seek help from the neighbor," Chief Lopez said.

Police officers from the Prairie Village Police Department were first to arrive on the scene.

Radio traffic from those officers indicated they were prepared to go inside the house to attempt to rescue the man but were unable to get inside due to the extreme heat.

Chief Lopez says firefighters arrived to find smoke showing from the front of the house. Firefighters entered the house through a side door and worked to quickly extinguish the fire.

Firefighters pronounced the man dead at the scene.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the CFD2's Fire Marshal with the assistance of the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office.

"CFD2 appreciates the strong partnership we have in Johnson County and the help automatically received from professionals with Overland Park Fire Department, Shawnee Fire Department, and Prairie Village Police Department on this incident," Chief Lopez said in the release.
Johnson County Med-Act also responded on the call.

The victim's identity has not been released.

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Police from across Johnson County converge on Mission Hills after shots fired

Posted: August 18, 2018 - 11:43 a.m.

Prairie Village Police say they were called to 3000 block of West 69th Street at 3:33 Saturday morning on a report of a mental disturbance.

A Mission Police Officer armed with a rifle watches the area of Tomahawk Road and Mission Road early Saturday morning as officers search for a man with a gun.

Officers arrived and contacted a man who was armed with a handgun.

"The subject fired shots and fled the area on foot," Prairie Village Police Captain Byron Roberson said in a news release. "A perimeter was set up with the assistance of a number of outside agencies."

Officers from across Johnson County responded to the calls for assistance from the Prairie Village officers who had contacted the man.

Those officers surrounded the north side of the Indian Hills Golf Course and the Country Club at 6847 Tomahawk Road. Several employees were evacuated from the building and moved to a nearby parking lot, just outside of the search area.

A Leawood Police Officer escorts two employees from the Indian Hills Country Club to the edge of the search area.

Recorded radio traffic from the officers in the area indicated that officers continued to hear sporadic gunfire through the first two hours that they were searching for the man.

The Olathe Police Department sent their MRAP "rescue vehicle" to assist with the search. MRAP is short for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected.

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department sent an armored vehicle with a small team of officers to assist, as did the Olathe and Overland Park Police Departments.
Lenexa Police and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office both sent officers with drones to search from above.

Police from as far away as Olathe sent officers to assist in surrounding the search area.

About 6:30 a.m., Prairie Village officers spotted the man going door-to-door along 69th Street, near where officers initially contacted him.

Police say he was then taken into custody without incident.

"The subject was transported to an area hospital for a mental health evaluation and pending charges through the Johnson County District Attorney's Office," Capt. Roberson said in the release.

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Home worth nearly $2.3 Million damaged by early morning fire

Posted: January 29, 2012 - 2:08am
Updated: January 29, 2012 - 1:27pm

Current as of April 3, 2010
Provided by the Johnson County Appraiser's Office
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Sunday afternoon fire investigators say an early morning fire caused between $75,000 to $100,000 in damage. Consolidated Fire District No. 2 Battalion Chief Barger says the fire was confined to the basement and believed to have been sparked by something electrical, possibly a home entertainment center.

At 12:24 a.m. Sunday morning, fire crews from Consolidated Fire District Number 2 of Johnson County were dispatched to a Mission Hills home, address of 5720 State Line Road. The 911 caller reported a fire in the basement.

The first fire crew to arrive at 12:27 a.m., reported there was "nothing showing" from the nearly 6,000 square foot home and that all of the occupants were uninjured in the front yard. After further investigation that same crew reported a working fire in the basement of the address.

At 12:45 a.m., Incident Command requested two additional fire apparatus be added to the call and that those units respond emergency.

Interior crews also reported a "soft spot" in the flooring of the first level, above the fire.

The fire was reported under control approximately 50 minutes after first units arrived and then declared to be out just after 2 a.m.. No injuries were reported.

Public records show, as of 2011, the 5,954 square foot home had an appraised value of $2,289,500.

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