KANSAS CITY —Authorities are working to determine the cause of a 2-alarm apartment building fire in Kansas City, Missouri.

Just before 9:30a.m. Friday crews responded to a reported apartment fire in the 3500 block of Euclid in Kansas City, Missouri, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.

Crews reported heavy fire from a three-story vacant apartment building. Due to the amount of fire defensive operations were set up using multiple aerial ladder master streams. The size of the fire and the amount of heat being generated created an exposure risk to both the house to the north and to the south.

 A search of both houses came back all clear. The radiant heat ignited the home to the north and interior operations were initiated in that structure, but crews had to evacuate due to the potential collapse risk of the original apartment structure and its proximity to the exposer fire. 

Both fires were brought under control just before 11:00 am. The cause of the fire is under investigation by KCFD.&nbsp; &nbsp;Red Cross was ordered for 1 adult and 4 children.&nbsp;

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —Authorities are working to determine the cause of a 2-alarm apartment building fire in Kansas City, Missouri.Just before 9:30a.m. Friday crews responded to a reported apartment fire in the 3500 block of Euclid in Kansas City, Missouri, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.Crews reported heavy fire from a three-story vacant apartment building. Due to the amount of fire defensive operations were set up using multiple aerial ladder master streams. The size of the fire and the amount of heat being generated created an exposure risk to both the house to the north and to the south.<figure>
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 </figure> A search of both houses came back all clear. The radiant heat ignited the home to the north and interior operations were initiated in that structure, but crews had to evacuate due to the potential collapse risk of the original apartment structure and its proximity to the exposer fire. Both fires were brought under control just before 11:00 am. The cause of the fire is under investigation by KCFD.&nbsp; &nbsp;Red Cross was ordered for 1 adult and 4 children.&nbsp;