 On October 24 , during the early morning , Farrar received a phone call at his apartment from a neighbor who shouted that his house — meaning the Farrar – Green family home in Prairie Village — was on fire . Farrar immediately drove there . A 9 @-@ 1 @-@ 1 call placed from the house at 12 : 20 a.m. alerted police dispatchers to possible trouble , though the caller did not speak before hanging up . A police cruiser found the house on fire . Fire trucks were dispatched at 12 : 27 to what was classed as a " two @-@ alarm " fire . The first firefighters on the scene reported that Green and her ten @-@ year @-@ old daughter Kate were safely outside the house by the time they had arrived . Both were in their nightclothes . Kate begged firefighters to help her brother and sister , six @-@ year @-@ old Kelly and thirteen @-@ year @-@ old Timothy , who were still inside . Green stood next to her daughter , and was reported to have been " very calm , very cool " . At least two firefighters attempted to search inside the home for the missing children , but the building was so consumed by flames that they could only access a small portion of the ground level before the structure became unsafe . 
