Home, business fires under investigation
Home, business fires under investigation By Region 8 Newsdesk | February 25, 2021 at 9:21 AM CST - Updated February 25 at 6:57 PM
KENNETT, Mo. (KAIT) - State and local authorities are taking a closer look at two fires that damaged a local business and destroyed a home.
Just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Kennett Fire Department responded to a house fire on 4th Street.
According to Fire Marshal Dennis Hamlett, the home had previously caught fire several years ago.
“This time it was destroyed,” he told Region 8 News. State and local authorities are taking a closer look at two fires in one day that damaged a local business and destroyed a home. (Source: Kennett Fire Dept.)
One dead in Kennett apartment fire A woman died Thursday morning in a fire in Kennett, according to Fire Marshal Dennis Hamlett. (Source: Gray News) By Region 8 Newsdesk | February 4, 2021 at 2:49 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 3:18 PM
KENNETT, Mo. (KAIT) - A woman died Thursday morning in a fire in Kennett, according to Fire Marshal Dennis Hamlett.
Hamlett told Region 8 News that firefighters were called around 9:45 a.m. Thursday about the fire at the senior citizens section of the Kennett Housing Authority in the 900 block of Depot Street.
Mary Smith Collins, 59, died in the fire, Hamlett said.
The fire is being investigated by the Kennett Fire Department, Kennett Police Department and the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s office.