4-year-old dies in trailer home fire, 5 others injured, officials say

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A 4-year-old child is dead and five others were injured in a house fire in Missouri Tuesday morning.

The Kansas City Fire Department reported a trailer home caught fire before 9:15 a.m. on Oakland Avenue. First responders learned that a 4-year-old boy was trapped inside the home.

After the boy was found, first responders rushed him to Children’s Mercy Hospital.

The fire department said the boy was pronounced dead at the hospital.

As firefighters extinguished the flames, emergency medical personnel took five others, two adults and three children, to the hospital.

The Kansas City Fire Department Bomb and Arson squad is investigating the cause of the fire.

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