The Independence community is stepping in to help the 32 families displaced by a deadly fire at Indy Ridge Apartments.
"“Our crews were trying desperately to get up to the third floor, couldn’t do it,” Independence Fire Chief Jimmy Walker said.
Indpendence City Council members unanimously approved amendments to an ordinance that hasn't been touched in eight years.
The doors swung open in repeated rhythm at the Player’s Club Bar and Grill Tuesday afternoon and evening as strangers walked in with their hands full of bags.
Family members set up a fundraiser for the family of four killed when a kitchen fire spread rapidly, engulfing a building in the Indy Ridge Apartments complex.