Two children and two adults were killed Wednesday when a fire swept through an apartment complex in a Kansas City, Missouri, suburb in freezing temperatures.

Two children, ages 3 and 8, were among the family of four killed in the fire that destroyed their apartment building in Independence.

The Independence Fire Department confirmed that four people were killed in a large apartment fire Wednesday morning, and two firefighters were injured in the blaze

A massive fire has engulfed an apartment complex in Independence, Missouri. The fire started shortly after 6 a.m. at the Indy Ridge Apartments on E 37th Terrace Court, just North of Independence Commons.

Residents scrambled to safety after a kitchen fire rapidly spread early Wednesday, leading to a massive fire that engulfed their building in the Indy Ridge Apartments complex near Missouri 291 highway and East 39th Street in Independence, a fire department spokesperson said.

Independence Fire Chief Jimmy Walker says four people died in a fire Wednesday morning at an apartment complex.

Neighbors left processing Independence apartment fire where family died Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde spoke directly to Trump while delivering an impassioned sermon sharing concern for immigrant and LGBTQ communities.