About 3:30 p.m., Monday, March 27, 2023, reports of smoke in the area of 3rd and S Pearl alerted Joplin Emergency 911.
Joplin Fire, Joplin Police and METS ambulance responded.
First officer on scene to, 221 S Pearl, told us he saw smoke as he arrived, which quickly turned to black smoke. It’s a two-story wood framed upstairs/downstairs duplex. Upstairs was unoccupied.
With Joplin Fire Ladder 1 located 3 blocks away, they were on scene in minutes.
Fire was under control and water was hitting hot spots during our live video of the event which was 20 minutes after the initial call.
No residence was on scene. No firefighters were injured fighting the fire.
We talked to Joplin Fire investigators at the scene and learn this is an active investigation.