COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after an electrical fire occurred Thursday evening at Town and Country Lanes off of North Providence Road in Columbia. Columbia Fire Department Capt. Wayne Cummins said at the scene that a fire started on the “insulation of the electrical lines going into” the building. Firefighters went up to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a combine caught fire Wednesday evening in Randolph County, according to a social media post from the Eastern Randolph County Fire Protection District. The post says Eastern District firefighters assisted the Northeast R-4 Rural Fire Protection District. The Westran Fire Protection District wrote in a separate post
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction on the new Boone County Fire Protection District Station 8 is complete. Work on Station 8, located on Route K in southern Boone County, began late last year. It is expected to be fully operating by Nov. 1, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two dogs died after a home burned down in Phelps County, according to a Monday social media post from the Doolittle Fire Protection District. Crews were called to the Sportshaven area at the end of Private Drive at 3:30 p.m., but the two-story home already collapsed by the time crews arrived. No
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were displaced, and a police officer was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a Jefferson City home Saturday morning. According to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department, crews were called to a home in the 800 block of Clark Avenue around 7 Saturday morning. Firefighters
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No one was injured in a house fire Saturday morning in southeast Columbia, according to a Columbia Fire Department press release.
CFD was called to Stone Hill Drive around 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, the report states. Smoke was reported to be coming from the area, and the person who called 911 thought it may had been an outside fire.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters were at a home in southwest Columbia on Friday night in the 4100 block of Grant Lane after a lithium-ion battery from an electric wheelchair exploded. Joey Simmons, of the Columbia Fire Department, told ABC 17 News at the scene that one person was inspected for smoke inhalation. Simmons said a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Billie Siebeneck and her husband had to evacuate their home Thursday night after their attic caught fire on Rivercrest Court in Jefferson City. Siebeneck and her husband were watching TV when they heard a loud noise. “All of a sudden it was just like a bomb went off,” Siebeneck said. Siebeneck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications will begin integrating a new radio system across all of its agencies with the goal of improving cross communication when responding. “So all public safety, for our partners, will be available to be a part of the system,” BCJC Director Christie Davis said. “So that includes the Sheriff’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A chimney on a building on the University of Missouri’s campus was damaged “from a possible lightning strike,” Monday evening, according to an email from a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. CFD spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez wrote that firefighters were called to an MU fraternity in the 500 block of Kentucky Boulevard, at 6:45
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fire risks are on the rise as Missouri is set to enter another dry month, with drought conditions expected. Dryness started back in July and continued through August, the former being recorded as the second-driest month in history for the City of Columbia. Both the Columbia Fire Department and the Missouri Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A porch that caught fire Tuesday night in the 7400 block of Oakley Drive in southwest Columbia was caused by “improperly discarded smoking materials,” according to a Wednesday press release from the Columbia Fire Department. “While the Columbia Fire Department reminds residents to utilize extreme caution when approaching hazards such as this,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a porch caught fire Tuesday night in the 7400 block of Oakley Drive in Columbia. A firefighter on the scene said the fire did not reach the main portion of the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman wrote in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge ordered the county clerk to remove a bond question for the Boone County Fire Protection District from the Nov. 4 ballot. BCFD had filed a petition on Monday asking the clerk to remove the question after it “decided it was no longer necessary to hold a special election,”
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of fire victims has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has confirmed the death of a man in a house fire in north Columbia early Monday morning. A second adult was hospitalized in serious condition. Capt. Wayne Cummins, of the Columbia Fire Department, said firefighters were called to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire was reported Friday in the basement of a Moberly home in the 800 block of South Williams Street. A social media post from the Moberly Fire Department says firefighters were called at 9:49 a.m. and arrived a minute later. They found a fire in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person was killed Sunday morning in a house fire in Waynesville, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the 25000 block of Red Oak Road a little after 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District said in a Facebook post. A man who had made it out of the house
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A section of a Cole County business collapsed after a fire broke out Friday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F shared a video on X of a building on fire at Bee Seen Signs in the 500 block of Babe Ruth Drive, just outside Jefferson City, around 7:30 p.m. on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters with Mid-County Fire Protection District responded to a residential structure fire late Wednesday night. In a post on social media, the agency said crews were called to a mobile home at 10:28 p.m. in the 9900 block of State Route D in Camden County on Wednesday. Crews found the home fully
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire occurred at Modine Manufacturing on South Country Club Drive in Jefferson City, according to a Tuesday email from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Crews were called at 11:20 a.m. and found moderate smoke coming from the western part of the building, the release says. Dust
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