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Man critically injured in large house fire Friday morning

The older home in the Brookside area was seriously damaged.

Man critically injured in large house fire Friday morning

The older home in the Brookside area was seriously damaged.

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. CODY: WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THERE IS A HOUSE FIRE, ONE PERSON FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE AREA MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS LIVE AT THE SCENE AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? MARTIN: THE WIND OF THIS MORNING HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS FIRE. WE ARE IN THE 5900 BLOCK OF LOCUST, FIRE DESTROYED THE HOUSE. THERE WAS ONE MAN INSIDE, THE ONLY PERSON IN THE HOME, THE FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED, BUT WE ARE TOLD HE IS SUFFERING FROM KREGEL INJURIES. YOU HAVE FIRE INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE EXAMINING THE MAIN FLOOR, THE TOP FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. WE CAN SEE A FLASHLIGHT UP THERE NOW AS THEY ARE LOOKING AROUND TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE FIRE SPREAD. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT YET. THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE COMPLICATES MATTERS A LITTLE BIT. FIREFIGHTERS GOT HERE RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND GOT THE FIRE OUT RELATIVELY QUICKLY BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIND THIS MORNING, THE WIND SPREAD THE FIRE THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. THERE IS NO CORNER THAT WAS NOT HIT BY FLAME. ONE THING WE SHOULD POINT OUT, GOOD WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE HOMES ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE ON THE HOMES TO EITHER SIDE OF THIS HOUSE. NONE THAT WE CAN SEE WITH OUR EYES FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT ACROSS THE STREET. TO THAT END, THAT IS A GOOD THING. THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND THE MAN INSIDE HAS BEEN CRITICAL H
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Man critically injured in large house fire Friday morning

The older home in the Brookside area was seriously damaged.

A man was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries after an early morning house fire officials say was complicated by the wind.Crews were called to an older home near 59th and Locust in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, early Friday morning.Officials said firefighters got to the scene quickly, but, due to strong winds in the area Friday, the fire had spread throughout most of the house.Firefighters rescued one man — the only occupant — from inside the home.He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Fire crews are working to determine the cause of this incident.Despite heavy winds, thanks to quick work from firefighters, fire crews were able to spare the homes on either side of the burning — no small feat in a neighborhood where homes were built very close together.

A man was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries after an early morning house fire officials say was complicated by the wind.

Crews were called to an older home near 59th and Locust in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, early Friday morning.

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Officials said firefighters got to the scene quickly, but, due to strong winds in the area Friday, the fire had spread throughout most of the house.

Firefighters rescued one man — the only occupant — from inside the home.

He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.

Fire crews are working to determine the cause of this incident.

Despite heavy winds, thanks to quick work from firefighters, fire crews were able to spare the homes on either side of the burning — no small feat in a neighborhood where homes were built very close together.