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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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to 419 calls for service during March 2025, according to a BCFPD Facebook post. 159 of those were for fire-related incidents.
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LAKE OF OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A fast-moving wildfire burned about 15 acres of land near Bagnell Dam on the Lake of the Ozarks on Wednesday. Lake Ozark Fire Protection District firefighters were called to Valley Road, near the dam, at 11:12 a.m., the district says in a news release. Firefighters used the terrain and natural
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The National Weather Service – Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, Missouri issued a Red Flag Warning from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday because of “critical fire danger.” The warning affects northwestern counties and western parts of Mid-Missouri.
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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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Nearly 450 Red Cross responders are in California working to help the victims of the continued wildfires, according to a press release from the American Red Cross on Thursday.
ABC 17 News had the opportunity to speak with one of those volunteers, a man from Neosho, Missouri.
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1/31/25 – Palisades fire, Eaton fire, Hughes fire, Border 2 fire are 100% contained. 1/28/25 8:25 a.m. – The Border 2 Fire is now 74% contained 8:00 a.m. – California fire victims could recover damages from oil companies under proposed law. It would create a new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance companies to
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone County Fire Protection District is asking residents to refrain from burning while high winds are in the area on Thursday. Firefighters are currently responding to a wildfire near South David Sapp Road and Old Route A in Hartsburg, according to the department’s Facebook page. The department referred to the
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One year after the Wooldridge fire burned over 3,000 acres and destroyed at least 23 buildings in the Cooper County town, the rebuilding continues for those affected by the natural disaster.
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Sunday marks one year since the small Cooper County community of Wooldridge was burned by a wildfire.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four Missouri Task Force One members and K-9s who were deployed earlier this week to Maui began searching for human remains Thursday morning. Those four more members on Wednesday flew out of St. Louis to join the search and rescue efforts. That was after two members were deployed last week as part
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The death toll has risen to 55 people as the Maui wildfires continue to burn. At last assessment the wildfire in Lahaina is 80 percent contained but 10,000 people still remain without power and there is no internet. This is making it increasingly difficult for those who are separated from their family to find their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two members of Missouri Task Force One are heading to Hawaii to assist with search-and-rescue efforts following a deadly wildfire that has swept through Maui. According to the Associated Press, at least 53 people have died from the wildfires and much of the historic Town of Lahaina has been destroyed. A state
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As of Thursday morning, the death toll of the Maui wildfires has risen to 36 people, CNN reports. The fires have destroyed hundreds of structures in Maui, including homes and businesses with thousands of people being displaced. More than 11,000 people visiting the island were flown out of Maui Wednesday, with more expected to leave early Thursday morning. Over 600
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Some Mid-Missouri fire departments and local governments are issuing burn bans and warnings as extreme drought continues to grip much of the area.
Continue Reading A neighbor of a salvage yard that burned in a wildfire in northern Boone County on Wednesday was arrested at the scene.
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A wildfire shut down part of a state highway in Boone County on Wednesday afternoon.
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Students from a Columbia private school will help residents of a Cooper County village clean up Monday after a devastating wildfire.
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Boone County emergency dispatchers warned people Wednesday that they might see some smoke in the southern part of the county.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The empty shell of cars and the rubble from homes still lay along the roads in the Village of Wooldridge one week after the major brush fire damaged the town. “The financial toll that we just took was at least $80,000,” said Jessica McComb. McComb was just one of many people
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