Vernon Collett, 60, collapsed while fighting a field fire in rural Missouri Saturday afternoon. Collett had been with the ...

The Kansas City Fire Department is celebrating 157 years of serving the metro since their establishment in 1868.

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KCTV) - A tight-knit community is left mourning after the tragic loss of a fire captain over the weekend.

Captain Vernon Collett was laid to rest on March 14 and flags were ordered to be flown half-staff in Johnson County, Missouri, in his honor.

Two people died early Tuesday morning in a fire in Higginsville, Missouri. Six homes were damaged in the blaze.

Several fire crews worked a very large brush fire east of Strafford Friday afternoon. Several fire departments battled the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two people are dead after a house fire in Higginsville, Missouri, on Tuesday morning. The Higginsville ...

The small community of Higginsville, Missouri, is mourning the loss of two people after a massive house fire that spread to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -An investigation into the cause of a house fire is underway on Monday morning. The house is in the ...

Capt. Vernon Collett died at the scene of a half-acre field fire on a property near Knob Knoster, Missouri, around 3 p.m. on Saturday.