HUMBOLDT — Humboldt firefighters responded to a house fire early Friday afternoon in the 900 block of North Eighth Street. The house was fully engulfed in smoke as firefighters battled brutally cold temperatures as well…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas mother whose 17-month-old son died in a fire after she left him home alone was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation. Karlie Phelps, of Shawnee, pleaded guilty in…

Fire investigator Eric Lawrence surveys the charred remnants of a house at 303 S. Monroe St. in LaHarpe Tuesday morning after it was destroyed in an overnight fire. LaHarpe firefighters were called to the scene…

Iola firefighters were called to a house fire Saturday evening in the 500 block of South Fourth Street. The fire was extinguished within a few minutes, with the damage limited to a single room and…

Fire officials have not determined what caused a fire that destroyed a vacant house on the city’s edge Sunday evening. Iola firefighters were called to the fire at 1371 1300 St. at 6:36 p.m., according…

COLONY — There were no injuries in a house fire in downtown Colony Monday afternoon. Volunteer firefighters from Colony, Garnett, Welda and elsewhere in Anderson County converged and were able to douse the fire in…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Four people were hospitalized Saturday when their house caught fire in Olathe, Kansas. Firefighters responding to the fire at about 8:15 a.m. found “significant fire conditions,” the Kansas City Star reported.…

Caressa Vaughn woke up coughing a little after midnight Wednesday morning to find her house filled with smoke. She realized the problem immediately. She had fallen asleep while food had been left cooking on the…

Firefighters investigated damage this morning to a house north of Humboldt owned by Daniel Galloway. Smoke continued to roll out of the attic as crews worked. The cause of the fire was unknown, but was…

HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) — A woman died in a rural northeastern Kansas house fire, officials said.  The fire was reported around 3 a.m. Thursday in Brown County, Wichita station KSNW reported. A family member told…