BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a house fire in 12000 block on Route EE early Friday morning. Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp tells ABC 17 News that no one was hurt after crews responded to a single family home with a large fire coming from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hot oil put into the trash caused a small fire in a Downtown Columbia apartment building Thursday night. Fire marshals determined the fire at The Rise complex in the 900 block of Locust Street was paper smoldering in the rash after hot cooking oil was poured on it, Columbia Fire Department Katherine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire was reported at Mizzou Arena shortly after the Mizzou men’s basketball win over Alabama on Wednesday night. A spokesperson for Mizzou Athletics said a fire was reported in one of the suites about 30 minutes after the game ended. The Columbia fire marshal determined the fire was accidental and was
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Fire Protection District and two other agencies were battling a fire on Wednesday night. According to an email from Cole County Fire Protection District Captain Steve Cearlock, a large structure on Old Highway 54 in Eugene is on fire. A total of 25 firefighters were on the scene,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vacant, unsecured home had “extreme damage” after a fire occurred on Friday morning, the Columbia Fire Department wrote in a Monday press release. Firefighters responded to the fire at 3:51 a.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Lakeview Avenue. The Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire. The release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of house fires in Columbia during the past week were caused by lithium-ion batteries, the Columbia Fire Department wrote in a Monday afternoon press release. The first occurred at 2:10 p.m. Thursday in the 4600 block of Connery Court in southwest Columbia. Crews saw flames coming from the garage and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters found an injured man who was then taken to St. Louis for burn treatment in a storage building fire early Monday. Firefighters were called to the building in the 2500 block of Route C at about 1:30 a.m., the Jefferson City Fire Department wrote in a news release. Firefighters found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire ripped through a Columbia home Thursday afternoon. Seven firetrucks were at the scene on Connery Court near Southampton Drive. Smoke was coming through the roof of the house. Emergency radio traffic indicated flames were showing from the garage when firefighters arrived and had spread to the attic. Two people —
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia firefighters were sent Wednesday to put out a fire at a homeless camp. The Columbia Fire Department responded to a call of an outside fire on Pioneer Drive Wednesday morning. Columbia Fire was called to 3100 Pioneer Drive for an outside fire just before 9 a.m. A firefighter at the scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a fire at a business on Crystal Springs Road in Osage Beach, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote on its Facebook page. The business was closed at the time of the fire. The fire is under investigation by the Osage Beach Fire Marshal’s Office. Crews from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two cats were killed in a fire Saturday morning at an apartment complex in northeast Columbia, according to a Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman. CFD spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez says crews responded to a structure fire in the 5000 block of Clark Lane at The Links apartment complex at 11:52 a.m. Crews found smoke
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags to by flown at half-staff at firehouses statewide and government buildings in Howard County on Sunday in honor of firefighter Larry Roland Duncan. Flags will also be flown at half-staff at the firefighters memorial in Kingdom City. Duncan died on Wednesday, Jan. 15 from
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at a home in Audrain County reignited Wednesday morning, according to Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire Protection District. According to a release from Little Dixie Fire Protection District, fire crews were called to Audrain Road 165 at 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday for a house fire with flames
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a house fire Tuesday in Moberly in the 600 block of Burkholder Street. Moberly Fire Department Lt. Cory Putnam told ABC 17 News in an email that firefighters were dispatched for a report of a house fire that had one person and multiple pets in the home.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were brought to an area hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire occurred Tuesday morning at a residence in Osage Beach, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a press release. The district wrote that the fire is under investigation “but it appears that it started in the front
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COLUMBIA, MO. The city of Los Angeles continued its efforts to contain the wildfires that have been ravaging the area for nearly two weeks on Saturday. T.J. Wiggins, a junior at the University of Missouri said the fire has directly impacted his family back home in L.A. “I personally know two people that have lost
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire in the 2400 block of Lafayette Court Saturday evening was ruled an accident, Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez said. According to Rodriguez, crews were called to the scene at 5:55 p.m. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the living room where it originated, and put the flames
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No people were injured, but a cat died in a fire at in the 20 block of Bryant Walkway on Friday, the Columbia Fire Department wrote in a Friday press release. CFD wrote that units responded to the fire at a multiplex at 4:38 p.m. Friday and that flames were contained to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who served in Missouri Task Force 1 during the response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York has died, the Boone County Fire Protection District wrote Thursday on its social media. Heaving Rigging Specialist Larry Duncan died from a cancer on Wednesday that was related to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four dogs died in a basement fire Friday in Mexico. An off-duty firefighter saw smoke from inside a home in the 1200 block of Hendricks Drive a little before noon Friday, according to a Mexico Department of Public Safety news release. The fire was contained to the basement, which sustained moderate damage.
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