Kansas City fire crews battle cold; homeless people seek shelter [Video]

Fire destroyed an empty two-story apartment building in northeast Kansas City and badly damaged a neighboring home Monday.A Kansas City firefighter also had a slip and fall accident on the ice, suffering minor injuries.The fire broke out just before 7 a.m. Monday in the 3800 block of East 12th Terrace.Neighbor Ronnie Tinsley said he’s been complaining to the city about homeless people camping in the vacant building.Now, his neighboring home is uninhabitable after he said he had just replaced his roof.“Particularly when the temperatures drop like this, you know, people who do not have anywhere else to go, they’re seeking shelter in someplace warm to go. And then when they try to stay warm, we end up having an incident like this one,” said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins with the Kansas City Fire Department. “I’m not sure what the cause of this one was. There’s so much damage that’s probably …