DeSoto, MO  (KTRS)  The cause of a four-alarm fire in downtown DeSoto is being investigated.

Firefighters responded to two burning buildings on South Main Street at just before 9 p.m. Monday. Two people had to be rescued. One of the victims had to be taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

The buildings house a church and apartments. It took crews about three hours to bring the blaze under control.