Hereford House fire damage exceeds $1M - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Joe Vitale, a battalion chiefc and public information office r forthe , said Monday that the KCFD received cell phon calls reporting an explosion and fire at the buildintg about 12:45 a.m. Monday. The KCFD dispatcheds 12 to 15 pumpers, aerial ladders and other fire department vehicles to the scene ofthe two-alarmn fire, Vitale said. Firefighters found heavy smoked and fire running laterally alongthe building’e roof line, he said. The brick veneee on the building’s south side had blown off, he “so there was some concern aboufstructural integrity.” Firefighters ventedr the roof and broughyt the fire under control within 40 minutes, he No injuries occurred.
Smoke but no fire spread to thevacangt five-story building immediately to the Vitale said. A spokeswoman for the locakl ATFE office said Wednesday that theoffice isn’t commentingv about the investigation. Officials with the KCPD couldn’ft be reached for comment. owns the restauranr and Hereford House locationsin Independence, Shawnee and the Northland, and Pierpont’s at Union Jim Stanislav, Anderson Restaurant Group’xs CFO, said Wednesday that the damagedd Hereford House had about 75 full- and part-time employees. Most of them have been transferrexd to othercompany restaurants, he said. Stanislavv said the company has no information aboutthe fire’zs cause.
He said the company hopes to reopen the restaurant inthat