A Sedalia resident was injured in a structure fire on Thursday afternoon.
According to the Sedalia Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 1:23 p.m. to the report of a structure fire at an apartment building in the 900 block of West 3rd Street. Crews were on the scene within three minutes and upon arrival crews found fire coming from the front and upper floor windows of the two-story home that was divided into three apartments.
Crews made entry for search upon arrival and located a female subject in a bedroom in a first floor apartment and removed her to the front of the structure. The victim was transported to a hospital in Kansas City with burns. The name of the victim has not been released.
Three persons were displaced due to the fire and are being assisted by the Red Cross. Crews were still on the scene at 4:26 p.m. and are expected to remain there for some time.
The Missouri State Fire Marshall’s office has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire.
At the time of this report the investigator had been on scene for approximately two and a half hours. Cold temperatures hampered firefighting operations and two engines and one truck operated at the scene with some off duty firefighters called in due to the cold weather. One firefighter was transported to Bothwell Regional Health Center with injuries to a foot that occurred during overhaul operations. The extent of his injuries is unknown at this time.