Multiple fire departments respond to a garage and grass fire in Independence.
Yesterday morning just before 7:00am, Independence Fire-EMS was dispatched to 712 North 12th Street for a structure fire. An arriving Independence Police officer found a fully involved garage with a spreading grass fire threatening the neighboring house.
Fire-EMS was able to contain the fire and there was no damage to the house. The garage was a total loss. Independence Rural, Cherryvale Fire-EMS and 2nd alarm off-duty Independence Fire-EMS employees assisted in putting the fire out.
