COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Thursday after a home in the 300 block of Union Street caught fire, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 6:37 p.m. by multiple people and had the fire under control fewer than 20 minutes after arrives. The home’s only
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a fire on Wednesday at a duplex in the 2400 block of Northampton Drive, a press release from the Columbia Fire Department says. The fire was accidentally stated by a propane grill on a balcony of the second story of the building, the release says. Crews were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly tried to set fire to an occupied camper on Monday night in Hartsburg. Michael Briggs, 55, of Hartsburg, was charged in Boone County on Tuesday with knowingly burning or exploding and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday marked two years since the death of Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Matthew Tobben. BCFPD honored Tobben on Wednesday by lowering its flags at half-staff. “We honor his memory and remain committed to carrying forward the values he exemplified throughout his career,” BCFPD Fire Chief Doug Westhoff said in
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) One Sunday morning, a fire broke out at a home at the corner of Tara Lane and Hominy Creek Trail in northeast Columbia. Columbia Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer told ABC 17 News there was a temporary delay in finding the home after dispatchers were given incorrect information about its location. The initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Monday morning fire at a garage on Michales Cove Road in Sunrise Beach was started by a generator being run inside, according to a Monday afternoon press release from the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District. Crews were called at 7:56 a.m. and had the fire under control by 8:16 a.m., according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: Comments about a detouring slowing response to the fire have been edited out. The fire department said Monday that the St. Charles Road detour didn’t affect the fire response. A home in east Columbia was considered a total loss after an early Sunday morning fire on Tara Lane, just down
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a brief investigation, Rolla-area fire officials determined a Saturday night house fire to have been caused by fireworks. According to a social media post, at 10:33 p.m. Saturday the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District and the Rolla Rural Fire Protection District were dispatched to the 16000 block of County Road 8200.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after an air conditioning unit caught fire in a vacant Stephens College dormitory Sunday morning, according to Columbia Fire Department. At 9:25 a.m., CFD was dispatched to the residence hall in the 100 block of Melbourne Street. Stephens security staff met firefighters on site and directed them to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house in east Columbia is likely a total loss after a Sunday morning fire, according to Columbia Fire Department spokesperson Skyler Clark. An ABC 17 News reporter saw at least three CFD fire engines and one Boone County Fire Protection District fire engine around 5:30 a.m. on Tara Lane near the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a fire that occurred Monday at a Columbia apartment building in the 1600 block of Hinkson Avenue. The Columbia Fire Department wrote in a press release that crews were called at 7:32 a.m. and found smoke coming from the second story of the three-story apartment building. Firefighters
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No one was reported to be hurt after an early morning dock fire at the Lake of the Ozarks on Sunday.
According to Marine Trooper Dylan Green with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a fire broke out shortly after midnight at Dry Branch Cove. The cove is near the 4.5 mile marker of the lake’s main channel.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seasonal retailers can begin selling fireworks on Saturday and will be able to through Friday, July 10, a press release from the state fire marshal’s office says. Through June 11, the Division of Fire Safety issued 1,129 permits to seasonal retailers, the release says. The release says officials expect to see an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning on Friday morning, according to a social media post from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office. The post says the Rolla Rural Fire Department was called at 5:24 a.m. for a carbon monoxide alert at a duplex just east of Rolla. The Rolla Rural
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After 35 years, Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp has retired. A retirement letter that was sent to ABC 17 News by Blomenkamp says his last day with BCFPD was Wednesday. He began his 35-year career as a volunteer firefighter in Brush, Colorado, before serving in Castle Rock, Colorado.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Emergency Management is continuing its multi-million dollar expansion of radio upgrades after the Boone County Commission and the Columbia City Council passed several Radio Grant Program measures on Monday and Tuesday. Through the grant, agencies can receive portable, hand-held radios that are similar to walkie-talkies or mobile radios that are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday approved a number of items, including the movement of funds. The council last year authorized a call for bids to build a Municipal Services Center near the intersection of West Nifong Boulevard and Sinclair Road, just south of Mill Creek Elementary School. Previous reporting shows the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion after responding to a house fire early Tuesday in Sunrise Beach, according to a press release from the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District. Crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Via Cresta Drive at 3:40 a.m. for a fire that led
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department on Monday completed swift water rescue training at Hinkson Creek as flood waters continue to flow across low water crossings in Mid-Missouri. Battalion Chief Dan Berlemann said with all of the rain around the area the past few days, it was a good opportunity for firefighters to get
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two adults and five children were displaced from their Jefferson City duplex on Wednesday after a fire occurred in the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street, a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department says. Crews were called at 6:38 p.m. and found smoke coming from a two-story duplex, the release says.
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