MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies in Miller County are on the hunt for an arson suspect. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for Jason Ekstam Jr. According to the sheriff’s office, Ekstam is wanted in connection to an arson investigation that happened Friday in Tuscumbia. Deputies say they have issued an arrest
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt in a mobile-home fire Tuesday morning in Ashland. The Southern Boone County Fire Protection District was called to a fire at 8:58 a.m. on Dee Woods Road. Fire officials told ABC 17 News the fire was called in by a neighbor. Officials said the owner was not home at the
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The Columbia Fire Department is investigating after a fire broke out at a home in the 700 block of Mikel Street around 5:30 a.m. Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Four residents of a Jefferson City home were displaced after a house fire Friday evening, according to the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a fire on the 100 block of West Franklin Street around 8:15 p.m. Crews said firefighters arriving at the scene found heavy fire showing from a side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department found a house on fire Thursday afternoon in southern Columbia. Fire officials told ABC 17 News that crews came across the fire themselves — in the 200 block of West El Cortez — after driving by while on patrol. Crews found the fire in the kitchen and began putting it
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Fire Protection District crews were dispatched early Friday to help the Brumley Fire Protection District with a house fire. Crews encountered fire in one bedroom and in the attic space of the kitchen, but were able to contain the fire to those areas. Fire crews successfully rescued multiple snakes from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One adult and one child were displaced following a mobile-home fire Tuesday afternoon in the 3100 block of Kara Street in Jefferson City. The two found accommodations and received assistance from the Red Cross, according to a press release. The Jefferson City Fire Department arrived to a one-story mobile home at
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A fire caused heavy damage to a home north of Columbia but no one was injured.
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A van caught fire at a pump at a west Columbia gas station Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department is investigating after a house fire broke out at a home in the 300 block of West Leslie Lane around 1:00 am Monday. The department says there was a family of three in the home when the fire started. Fire officials told ABC 17 News that crews arrived
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters say the smoke from a brush fire on Sunday may linger through the evening in Southern Boone County. Around 2:45 p.m., a controlled burn got out of control on South Turkey Ridge Road. A dozen firefighters from Southern Boone County Fire Protection District responded to the fire and had it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department introduced its new arson dog to the community Friday morning. The arson dog — named Tony — is used to help fire investigators at the scene of a fire. Dogs use their enhanced sense of smell to find things that could be used to start a fire, specifically things
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two mobile homes burned down in a fire at a mobile home park Thursday evening in the 4000 block of Ponderosa Street. “Upon arrival, we’ve seen two trailers fully engulfed, threatening the one to the south and one to the north,” Boone County Fire District Battalion Chief Clint Walker said. “The fire
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A trailer fire led authorities to shut down part of a highway in northern Boone County on Tuesday morning.
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A fundraiser has started after a fire killed more than two dozen dogs at the Little Rays of Sunshine Animal rescue in Hallsville early Sunday morning.
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Firefighters were still on the scene past noon of a Monday morning fire at a Jefferson City business.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than two dozen dogs were killed in a fire that started in a kennel at a private animal rescue early Sunday morning, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Wayne Cummins, with the Boone County Fire Protection District Captain, said crews were dispatched to a structure fire on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News investigates how a fire started at an east Columbia restaurant on New Year’s Eve. A report from the Columbia Fire Department indicates the fire at Golden Corral off Clark Lane on Dec. 31 started on a grill at the restaurant. An investigator says it didn’t appear the grills were
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A 62-year-old man was found dead inside a house in Moberly after a house fire early Saturday morning.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No one is hurt after an early morning fire at a west Jefferson City Home. Jefferson City Fire along with Cole County emergency crews and other agencies responded to a fire in the 600 block of Kansas Street in Jefferson City around 5:00 a.m. Sunday. Crews arrived at the home to
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