Smoke sighted near shed at residential area in Kearney, Kearney MO

Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/4/2025 11:38 AM

W 1 St, Kearney, MO 64060

Fire units responded to reports of smoke near a shed behind a house in a residential area near West 1st Street in Kearney. Upon investigation, no fire was found. The smoke was likely steam released by a utility company working nearby in the sewer system.

Audio|Source: Clay County Public Safety

02:39

Transcript:

00:00

Cluster Kearney Fire on a structure fire, near West 1st Street.

00:12

Closer Kearney Fire on a structure fire.

00:19

Near West 1st Street, shed that's possibly on fire.

00:23

Caller advised is going to be across the park from the address on 1st Street and a house on 2nd Street.

00:30

You can see smoke coming from the back of the house, doesn't think anyone's home, believe it's possibly a shed that's on fire in the back.

00:42

Engine 2 County, we're responding.

00:44

Injurone, (number withheld).

00:48

Quint 1 is also.

00:50

Quint 1 in round, (number withheld).

00:53

Med 1, same traffic.

00:56

Traffic.

01:01

County (number withheld) responding.

01:04

Terminator around, (number withheld).

01:09

(number withheld) is your flooding 2.

01:12

(number withheld) in-round.

01:17

In Carnegie Fire Units will be advised.

01:19

PD's on scene advising us the building west of the funeral home.

01:27

Smash 9-19 will leave in service.

01:31

County, you got heard.

01:33

2.00.

01:34

1049, I'll sign in service.

01:40

I'm in the area.

01:41

Looks like we've got a water leak or something, maybe gas leak over here on 3rd Street.

01:48

We've got some gas or vapor in the air over here.

01:53

Probably.

01:56

Intenture 2 County are in the area as well.

01:59

Probably entrance to the area.

02:00

Cool one as well, level 1 staging.

02:06

The other one, same traffic.

02:08

Copy.

02:13

Anybody's 200?

02:19

Go for 200.

02:25

There was a utility company in town yesterday using steam, I believe, in the sewer system.

02:32

It could be something to do with that.

02:36

That is what it appears to be.

02:38

We'll be in service.

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W 1 St, Kearney, MO 64060

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Smoke sighted near shed at residential area in Kearney, Kearney MO

Fire units responded to reports of smoke near a shed behind a house in a residential area near West 1st Street in Kearney. Upon investigation, no fire was found. The smoke was likely steam released by a utility company working nearby in the sewer system.

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