10 displaced following early morning blaze at Overland Park apartment complex
Update 1:15 p.m.: Fire officials said 10 people were displaced in Tuesday morning’s fire at an Overland Park apartment complex.
Fire fighters extinguished a blaze at an apartment complex in Overland Park that displaced 10 people, officials said early Tuesday.
A fire was reported just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Aspen Lodge Apartments in the 10200 block of West 81st Terrace, according to fire officials.
First units on the scene reported heavy fire visible from the roof of a two-story apartment building. Officials said evacuations were already in progress. There were no injuries reported.
Crews had the fire under control in about 40 minutes, Overland Park Fire Department spokesman Jason Rhodes said, adding that the wood roofs likely contributed to the rapid spread of the fire. Part of the roof of the apartment building collapsed and it suffered significant fire damage.
An adjacent building suffered very minor roof damage from exposure to the fire.
Ten residents from six apartments were displaced, Rhodes said. Eight were relocated within the same complex and the Red Cross assisted the other two.
Rhodes said the cause is under investigation.
This story was originally published April 6, 2021 at 8:38 AM.
