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KCK officials seek public’s help after series of fires at grocery stores

Fire officials in Kansas City, Kan., are asking for the public’s help in finding a person who is wanted in connection with three fires started Saturday at area grocery stores.
Fire officials in Kansas City, Kan., are asking for the public’s help in finding a person who is wanted in connection with three fires started Saturday at area grocery stores.

Fire officials in Kansas City, Kan., are asking for the public’s help in locating a subject wanted in connection with three fires started Saturday at area grocery stores.

The stores are at 28th Street and State Avenue, 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue, and 55th Street and Leavenworth Road.

People were inside the businesses at the time of the fires, Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department officials said.

Authorities released a photo of a person wanted in connection with the fires.

Anyone with information should call police or the department’s arson hotline at 913-573-5550.

Toriano Porter: 816-234-4779, @torianoporter

This story was originally published November 5, 2016 at 10:26 PM with the headline "KCK officials seek public’s help after series of fires at grocery stores."

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