Storms dropped several inches of rain on Leavenworth County Thursday night, producing hail and causing tree damage, a local emergency management official said.
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A fire that caused extensive damage to a vacant house over the weekend in Leavenworth remains under investigation, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The fire was reported at 9:28 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of North Eighth Street. No injuries were reported.
Shawn Kell, health inspector and safety officer for the Leavenworth Fire Department, said the roof of the house collapsed during the fire.
In addition to members of the Leavenworth Fire Department, Leavenworth County Fire District No. 1 also responded to the scene.
Kell said the fire caused an estimated $165,000 in damage.
The Leavenworth fire marshal was unavailable Sunday, so the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office was contacted to investigate the fire, Kell said.
No injuries reported after Basehor fire
No injuries were reported as a result of a house fire in Basehor, the fire chief said.
The fire was reported at 6:22 p.m. Sunday on Rickel Drive.
A person who lives at the residence was outside and saw smoke and fire next to the front door, according to Mike Lingenfelser, chief of the Fairmount Township Fire Department.
Firefighters responded and “knocked down” the fire, he said.
Lingenfelser said the fire damaged the living room of the house and the room’s contents.
Firefighters believe the fire started outside the house. Lingenfelser said a person who lives there had been burning leaves outside the home and this may have led to the house fire.