An investigation continues to search what started a fire that engulfed the front of an Independence home over the weekend.

An Independence Fire captain is heading back to work even more determined after suffering serious burns in late December.

A mother and son are in critical condition after being rescued from a house fire Monday morning in Independence.

Multiple fire departments extinguished a vacant house fire Saturday, March 29, according to Fries Fire and Rescue.

When they arrived, fire crews found heavy smoke coming from the home. They pulled a woman and her son from a bedroom.

Crews were forced to take a defensive attack as part of the structure had already collapsed before they arrived ...

WELL, THAT BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW, A MOTHER AND HER SON ARE RECOVERING AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN INDEPENDENCE. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT 39TH AND MAIN THIS MORNING. THAT’S NEAR I-70 AND SOUTH NOLAN ROAD.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mother and her 2-year-old son were critically injured Monday morning in a house fire in Independence.

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence Fire Department is investigating after a woman and her 2-year-old son were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a house fire on Monday morning.