A fire damaged a building Wednesday at the site of Parade Park Homes, just two days before a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate a redevelopment project that would build new, affordable homes at the site.

The fire was reported about 7:40 p.m. in a two-story, vacant apartment at Truman Road and Brooklyn Avenue, according to the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department.

Firefighters searched the building and found no one inside.

No injuries have been reported.

Mayor Quinton Lucas, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, along with Councilwoman Melissa Patterson-Hazley and other city and community leaders, were expected to attend the groundbreaking Friday, which would mark the start of construction on a $300 million project.

Kansas City, Missouri, purchased the historic complex in a foreclosure sal

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