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.
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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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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised firefighters, the highway patrol and other first responders and said he’s thankful no lives were lost in the wildfire that ripped through a Cooper County village over the weekend.
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Firefighters are looking for lessons they can take away from the large wildfire that swept through Wooldridge on Saturday.
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The small town of Wooldridge is recovering from a Saturday brush fire that burned down homes and businesses.
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The small community of Wooldridge, with about 60 residents, was devastated in a wildfire Saturday.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters contained another fire early Monday morning near the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River. An ABC 17 News crew saw the small fire from the bridge in Cooper County around 4:15 a.m. There were no reports of injuries, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Over the weekend,
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NEAR WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hoping to keep the wildfire that devastated a Cooper County town over the weekend from spreading onto more public land. Fish and Wildlife workers were conducting a controlled burn Monday in the Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge in Cooper County. The refuge is near
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A family displaced in a fire in Woolridge says they have lost everything, after their two properties burned to the ground Sunday. Over 50 fire departments from across the state of Missouri contained the natural cover fire near Wooldridge in Cooper County. Cooper County Fire Protection District says the fire spread
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