07-07-2025
Discarded fireworks damaged two homes in Lee's Summit, no injuries reported
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Overnight, the Lee's Summit Fire Department responded to several fireworks-related fires. Crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire near SW Summit Hill Drive and SW Pacific Dr. after smoke alarms alerted a resident to a fire burning outside the house.
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When firefighters arrived at the scene they found flames near the garage door that had spread up the front of the home and were beginning to burn through the roof's eave into the attic. Everyone was safe outside the home.
The fire outside was quickly controlled, while crews worked to put out the flames that had spread into the attic and garage.
Most of the damage was confined to the exterior of the home, but there was minor smoke and water damage inside.
The cause of the fire was found to be fireworks that were discarded in the trash next to the house.
Earlier Friday evening fire crews responded to a structure fire near NE Independence Avenue and E. Chipman Road where residents reported smoke in the basement.
When firefighters arrived, nothing was visible from the outside, but they discovered and extinguished several floor joists that had been burned.
An investigation found that fireworks had been discarded in the window well that caught dried grass on fire that spread into the basement through the window.
In addition to these two house fires, fire crews dealt with a number of debris fires caused by improperly discarded fireworks.
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