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Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Yahoo
Fireworks explosion injures two children in Kansas City, Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department (KCKFD) is investigating after two children were injured in a fireworks explosion. KCKFD responded to the emergency call just after 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, in the area of N. 46th Street and Leavenworth Road. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri A 12-year-old is reported to have suffered significant injuries, including severe burns and damage to both hands, chest and face, as well as substantial bleeding and burns to the airway. KCKFD said paramedics used advanced life support measures on scene due to shrapnel wounds to the chest. A 13-year-old is said to have sustained damage and burns to the right hand. Both victims were taken by ambulance to nearby trauma centers in critical condition, according to KCKFD. Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android KCKFD said the fireworks involved may have been illegal and the incident remains under investigation. FOX4 will continue to keep you updated as more information becomes available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Health
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Independence fire captain burned saving disabled man reunites with care team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Burn patients reunited with their care team Thursday evening for an emotional reunion at Research Medical Center's Grossman Burn Unit. Several patients who endured painful burns were there including Captain Michael Peacock who suffered burns searching a home and trying to rescue a man who was trapped. Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department still searching for good Samaritan Three days before Christmas, Independence responded mutual aid to a Sugar Creek house fire with a report of people trapped inside. Captain Michael Peacock and three other firefighters were part of the initial aggressive fire attack conducting search and rescue. One woman was helped out by police, but a disabled man was trapped in a back bedroom. 'Searched the building and probably 45 seconds in, the house flashed on us, and when that happens, basically everything catches fire at the same time,' Peacock said. Firefighters rescued the homeowner, but all four firefighters in that flashover were injured, three were hospitalized with burns. Peacock and others on his crew ended up at Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center. Peacock underwent two surgeries and spent New Year's Eve in the burn unit where he said he'd spend the next five days. 'His biggest thing is he wanted to go back to being a firefighter and the sooner I could make that happen, the happier he was going to be.' Dr. Megan Garcia said. Last month he did just that, as have all the other firefighters returned to work who were burned in the frightening ordeal. 'I can not thank them enough for how they treated me and my whole family and the rest of the crew that came through here,' he said. 'Our firefighters do incredible things to pull people out of fires, enter fires when everybody else is trying to get out,' Garcia said. Garcia says its a testament to the firefighter's equipment and safety protocol that she doesn't see more firefighters as patients, and often when she does, it was during an active rescue. Just like in Sugar Creek where they were able to save Kenny Harter by laying themselves across him shielding him from the fire, while exterior crews made an exit through the bedroom wall. As emotional as Thursday's reunion with doctors was, so was another one at the fire station where the disabled man thanked them for saving his life. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri 'For him to come back even after his house was destroyed, his wall was destroyed and just say thank you to the firefighters. It's incredible,' Peacock said. While understandably many patients have fears about scars or their appearance after being burned, Garcia said Peacock's main concern was how quickly she could get him back to work. He returned to full active duty last month as have all the other heroes from that day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
