Shawnee ? A suburban Kansas City firefighter has died while searching a burning home.

The Kansas City Star reported the man was identified today as John Glaser, 33, of Olathe. He was a firefighter for six years.

Neighbors told firefighters who responded to the Saturday night fire that there could be two people and a dog inside the Shawnee home. A short time later, the fire scene commander radioed that a firefighter was missing.

The missing firefighter was not responsive when he was found. The husband and father of two was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. A second firefighter was treated and released from a hospital.

Firefighters later learned nobody had been in the home. The cause of the fire has not been determined.