KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two sisters are in the hospital after being pulled from their burning home.
It happened just before midnight Thursday near E. 69th St. and Holmes Rd. in Kansas City, Mo.
According to authorities the girls, ages 14 and 5, were home alone when the fire started. The older sister had called 911 and told dispatchers that she was having trouble breathing.
Dispatchers say the girl never told them the house was on fire. It wasn’t until first responders got to the scene that they realized the home was on fire.
Firefighters broke down the door and pulled both girls from the home.
The girls have been taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital for treatment.
It’s unclear at this time what may have started the fire. The bomb and arson unit is investigating.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
