COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A detached garage is considered a total loss by Southern Boone firefighters after a garage fire in Hartsburg early Wednesday morning. The online dispatch log says firefighters were dispatched to the 19700 block of S Route A in Hartsburg at 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday. According to a Facebook post, around nine firefighters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a fire that destroyed an antique shop in Hermann can’t be determined after the building collapsed. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called to Hermann in Gasconade County on Monday morning to fight the blaze on East 1st Street. The building suffered a partial collapse from the fire. State fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A firefighter was brought to an area hospital after a large fire on Monday destroyed a building on Hermann’s First Street. Multiple fire agencies working the fire and the Hermann Chamber of Commerce confirmed that the fire was at a business. Photos showed a building in the 200 block of East First
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library closed early again on Friday after more air treatment was recommended for the building, a Friday afternoon press release says. The library was closed on Thursday after its HVAC system malfunctioned, the Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News on Thursday. The building was evacuated after smoke was
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Library was evacuated Thursday morning after an HVAC system malfunctioned, according to the Columbia Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the scene on 100 East Broadway just after 7:30 a.m. Fire crews on scene told ABC 17 News that smoke was coming from the HVAC unit and a fire alarm
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A restaurant that closed after a fire caused damage to a building over a year ago is reopening in Downtown Columbia. The District wrote on its social media that Tellers will reopen Thursday at the corner of Ninth Street and Broadway. “It’s happening! @tellers.como is opening tomorrow, Thursday Nov 7th! Columbias beloved
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the two victims in a Jan. 16 fire at Potawatomi Campgrounds, just outside of Fulton. Cathy and Gary Starkey perished in the fire, according to an email from Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Crystal Kent. The investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office previously said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was injured in a kitchen fire Wednesday night at a senior living facility in Columbia. The Columbia Fire Department was called after 8 p.m. to Gentry Estates in the 4100 block of South Bethel Street, CFD spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez wrote in an email to ABC 17 News. One person was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a Sept. 20 fire in the 1000 block of Crestland Avenue in Columbia is still not known. According to an investigation report from the Columbia Fire Department, the cause was “undetermined.” The report says the fire started in the kitchen. Previous reporting indicates that no one was injured in
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MONTGEROMY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery County firefighter suffered minor injuries while responding to a Sunday fire. According to the Montgomery County Fire Protection District’s Facebook page, a home was “fully involved, the propane tank had direct impingement from the flames and was popping off.” A shed was also “fully burnt,” the post says. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries have been reported in a north Columbia garage fire that occurred on Wednesday. Columbia firefighters were dispatched at 3:41 p.m. to the 1800 block of Holly Avenue. Fire officials said a detached, two-car garage was engulfed in flames. Fire officials have not determined a cause for the fire yet. We
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Dry weather conditions could increase the risk of natural cover fires. Low chances of rain and low humidity are expected as Mid-Missouri enters the fall season. “When we head off into the fall months if we’ve had drier weather, they [natural cover fires] can become very common,” ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologist Chance Gotsch said. “We
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters responded to a duplex fire in north Columbia early Thursday morning. The fire broke out just before 2 a.m. on the 2000 block of Mulberry Road. Crews on scene told ABC 17 News the duplex was occupied at the time of the fire and everyone inside made it out safely. Columbia
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An out-of-control rubbish fire destroyed a shed and two cars at a northern Boone County home Wednesday morning.
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at the Central Missouri Landfill in Sedalia Monday on afternoon was possibly caused by a spark from the equipment that moves trash and compacts it, according to the Pettis County Fire Department. Around 3:20 p.m., PCFD says it received calls of possible explosions at the landfill on Oak Grove
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A landfill outside of Sedalia caught fire on Monday, according to the Sedalia Fire Department and Pettis County Emergency Management. Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management wrote on its Facebook page that Oak Grove Lane “between Broadway and the Low Water Crossing” is closed. It also wrote that a closure occurred on another
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City residents were displaced from their home in the 100 block of North Polk Street after a fire, according to a Wednesday press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release says that JCFD responded to a fire at a home at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday. No injuries were
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Police had to direct traffic and control a crowd at the scene of an apartment fire Thursday.
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According to the Moniteau County 911 & Emergency Management Facebook, several 911 calls were made just before 10 p.m. on Monday night for a house fire in the 500 block of E Mulberry Street.
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A fire that started in a room of the Amerihost Inn in Kingdom City led to the building’s evacuation Friday afternoon.
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