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The Kansas City Star described the national climate of the late 1970s as "high unemployment, inflation and double-digit interest rates [that added] pressure on builders to win contracts and complete projects swiftly". [3] Described by the newspaper as fast-tracked, construction began in May 1978 on the 40-story Hyatt Regency Kansas City.
Shortly before the explosion, at 3:40am, the Kansas City Fire Department received their first call alerting to a pickup truck fire on the construction site. The possibility of explosives catching fire was mentioned in this call. Pumper 41, consisting of a captain and two firefighters, was dispatched to the scene where it arrived at 3:46am.
The High Flyer exploded the next day, after having burned for sixteen hours. 500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate on the quayside also burned, but without exploding, probably because it was less tightly packed. All but one member of the Texas City fire department died. [citation needed] France Brest: 28 July 1947: 29 1,700-3,309
A man was critically injured when a fire engulfed a home early Friday in the Brookside area of Kansas City, a fire department spokesman said. Neighbors called 911 shortly before 5:15 a.m. after ...
Kansas City and the firefighter’s union have been locked in a legal battle in the aftermath of a deadly 2021 Westport crash involving a fire truck. The Star has filed to unseal court documents.
The 31-year-old first responder has fought fires with the Kansas City Fire Department for around eight years now. And the tragedy of losing his own home to fire reminds him it can happen to anyone.
January 13 – A leaking gas main in the Jamaica section of New York City, New York caught fire on January 13. Two pieces of FDNY equipment responding to the gas leak report were burned, as well as numerous buildings. The fire spread to 13 alarm size, with 63 fire companies being used to control the situation. Seventeen homes were destroyed.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at 12:15 a.m. at an apartment building in the 2600 block of East Eighth Street, said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins with the Kansas City Fire Department.