COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tributes are pouring in from across Mid-Missouri after a former Columbia firefighter was killed over the weekend during an accident at Kennedale Speedway Park in Texas. Billy Hurt, a longtime safety official in Sprint Car racing, was involved in a crash during a World of Outlaws event Saturday. The Kennedale Police Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews with the Jefferson City Fire Department responded to an apartment building on High Street for a fire Monday evening and said one unit suffered minor damage. According to a news release from JCFD, the fire was reported shortly after 6:30 p.m. at an apartment building in the 400 block of High
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a processing plant in California, Missouri, caught fire on Sunday night, according to a social media post from the California Fire Department. Crews were called at 11 p.m. to Pitman Family Farms on East Smith Street for a fire that was “visible in the lunchroom area and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Electrical arcing that sparked small fires throughout a home forced Columbia firefighters to evacuate Thursday night until utility crews could turn off the power. Firefighters were called to a report of a tree falling onto a home in the 2900 block of Bray Avenue in west Columbia, but found that the tree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District named a new assistant chief for its operations bureau on Wednesday, according to a news release posted on Facebook. Chuck Doss was named the new assistant chief and brings “a leadership style that adapts to the situation, clear and decisive during emergency operations, while focusing on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Low humidity and strong winds helped a wildfire spread to engulf 467 acres and threaten a home in Camden County on Tuesday. The Northwest Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that firefighters were called to the blaze on Indian Creek Road in Edwards at about 1 p.m. The fire
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple agencies responded to a fire at a hay barn on Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Audrain Road 110. Dispatch data from the city of Columbia shows the Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a mutual aid call at 4:49 p.m. BCFPD Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Doug Westhoff has been named the new full-time chief of the Boone County Fire Protection District. BCFPD announced in a Monday social media post that that Westoff was named the new chief. He was named the interim chief in December after Scott Olsen retired. The release says he is a fourth-generation firefighter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No people were injured after a trailer caught fire in north Columbia on Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says crews were called to the 1500 block of Vandiver Drive just after 8 a.m. Crews arrived and found heavy fire in the interior of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A home is damaged after a fire early Friday morning in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release states firefighters were called to a home in the 400 block of Locust Street just after midnight Friday for reports of a home on fire. When
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) About 200 acres of woodland caught fire in Callaway County on Sunday afternoon, according to a Monday social media post from South Callaway Fire Protection District. The fire was first reported at 1:05 p.m. Sunday near Route D and the fire was contained by 3:45 p.m., the post says. No buildings were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ Columbia firefighters worked a house fire in central Columbia on Saturday afternoon. According to Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Skyler Clark, crews were called to the 700 block of Cook Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames showing from a shed and a home, Clark said. One person was
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Holts Summit voters may have the option to approve an $8 millon bond for the Holts Summit Fire Protection District during the April 2026 election.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters were seen in a Boone County neighborhood east of Columbia on Thursday after a fire was reported. At least a dozen Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters were seen on South Sonora Drive. Smoke was seen coming from the back yard of a residence when an ABC 17 News reporter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported by officials after a vehicle caught fire Wednesday near a Sunrise Beach restaurant, according to a social media post from the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District. Crews were called at 10:10 a.m. to Pappa’s Pit Stop on Highway 5 and found “a vehicle in close proximity to structures
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was displaced after a fire at an apartment in Jefferson City early Sunday morning, according to a release from the Jefferson City fire department. The release says crews responded to the 900 block of Southwest Boulevard just after 6 a.m. Crews found smoke in the hallways of a multi-family
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mansion at the Lake of the Ozarks that was destroyed by a fire in December was likely caused by a propane leak, according to a Missouri State Fire Marshal report. The fire on Dec. 10 on Trillium Lane in Lake Ozark was ruled accidental in the report and was determined to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large response from firefighters was seen on Wednesday morning after vehicle caught fire near University Hospital. No injuries were reported and there is no danger to the hospital, though a parking garage was closed, according to a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was put out quickly and the response was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person rescued from a fire early Sunday in Richland has died. The Tri-County Fire Protection District posted the update Monday on its Facebook page. The district says it won’t release details about the victim out of respect for privacy. According to an earlier post, crews were called to the 400 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A work crew on scene of the former Fear Fest Haunted House tells ABC 17 News that a fire at the former attraction site in the 6300 block of West Highway 40 is a controlled burn. Boone County Fire Spokesman Gale Blomenkamp also confirmed to ABC 17 News that it was a
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