Posted: July 7, 2015 - 4:12pm
With fireworks being illegal in most of Johnson County, Operation 100 News reached out to several agencies after the July 4th weekend to see how many complaints were received.
Major Dan Tennis with the Shawnee Police Department says they received 68 fireworks complaints. Officers issued five citations and "about half a barrel" of fireworks were confiscated. Tennis says the barrel is estimated to be a 20-30 gallon container.
Shawnee has recently been researching legalization of some fireworks. Here's a report regarding that debate from my reporting partners at the Shawnee Dispatch.
Officer Gary Mason with the Overland Park Police Department says they received 130 calls for service regarding fireworks. Officers issued 31 citations and 26 of the citations also included fireworks being confiscated.
Deputy Claire Young with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office says they received approximately 238 fireworks calls between Friday evening and Sunday evening. Deputy Young says she does not have a number of citations issued or confiscations. The Sheriff's Office handles call taking and dispatching for a large part of Johnson County. Agencies dispatched by the Sheriff's Office include the cities of De Soto, Edgerton, Fairway, Gardner, Lake Quivira, Merriam, Olathe, Mission, Roeland Park, Spring Hill, Westwood, as well as Johnson County Park Police and Johnson County Sheriff's Office in unincorporated areas of the county.
Lawrence, Lenexa, and Olathe police have not responded to the request for information.
None of the responding agencies reported any injuries related to the use of fireworks.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
VIDEO: Homemade fireworks and hoarding complicate firefighters efforts in JoCo house fire
Posted: June 18, 2013 - 3:23am
Updated: June 18, 2013 - 6:02am
Overland Park firefighters were called to respond on a house fire shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, in the 8800 block of Westbrooke Drive. The address is near the intersection of 88th Terrace and Farley Street.
Crews arrived to report flames visible from a basement window on the front side of the single story home. As those crews entered the home they found that a resident had been hoarding items inside several rooms.
A fire in the basement was knocked down within about 20 minutes. Crews found that the fire had extended to the first floor. As crews worked to make access to the fire, piles of debris became a problem.
Radio traffic reported three to four foot piles of material in several rooms of the home. The piles made it difficult for crews to check the integrity of the floor and to fully extinguish the fire quickly.
A resident reported a room on the first floor was being used to store some homemade fireworks and ammunition. Firefighters backed out of the house when some of those items began to discharge.
As of this report, crews are more than one hour and 20 minutes into the incident and they remain on the scene. Incident command reported the fire to be under control at 3:17 a.m.. Command reported "fire out" at 3:32 a.m..
A news release from the Overland Park Fire Department says the residents of the home awoke to the smell of smoke. Four residents were able to evacuate safely prior to the arrival of firefighters. One resident was treated for minor burns. The home suffered fire damage to the basement and first floor, with significant smoke damage throughout the house.
Investigators believe that the home did not have any working smoke alarms. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Stay with Operation 100 News on this blog and on Twitter for the latest details as they become available. Remember where you heard this news first, Operation 100 News, reporting the news to the public as it breaks.
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Updated: June 18, 2013 - 6:02am
Overland Park firefighters were called to respond on a house fire shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, in the 8800 block of Westbrooke Drive. The address is near the intersection of 88th Terrace and Farley Street.
Crews arrived to report flames visible from a basement window on the front side of the single story home. As those crews entered the home they found that a resident had been hoarding items inside several rooms.
A fire in the basement was knocked down within about 20 minutes. Crews found that the fire had extended to the first floor. As crews worked to make access to the fire, piles of debris became a problem.
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A resident reported a room on the first floor was being used to store some homemade fireworks and ammunition. Firefighters backed out of the house when some of those items began to discharge.
As of this report, crews are more than one hour and 20 minutes into the incident and they remain on the scene. Incident command reported the fire to be under control at 3:17 a.m.. Command reported "fire out" at 3:32 a.m..
A news release from the Overland Park Fire Department says the residents of the home awoke to the smell of smoke. Four residents were able to evacuate safely prior to the arrival of firefighters. One resident was treated for minor burns. The home suffered fire damage to the basement and first floor, with significant smoke damage throughout the house.
Investigators believe that the home did not have any working smoke alarms. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Stay with Operation 100 News on this blog and on Twitter for the latest details as they become available. Remember where you heard this news first, Operation 100 News, reporting the news to the public as it breaks.
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