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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a house caught fire Thursday afternoon in the 2400 block of Bluebird Drive in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. JCFD wrote the fire was ruled accidental. Crews were called at 3:26 p.m. and firefighters ended up finding a fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is looking to replace one of its busiest and oldest fire stations. Columbia Fire Station 5 — located on Ballenger Lane — is nearing the end of its lifespan, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jeffrey Heidenreich, leading to the department to request a replacement. “It’s becoming functionally obsolete
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A fire at a Lake of the Ozarks marina early Monday was accidental, investigators say.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fire marshals have determined a fire that occurred last week while crews were working on the new Eagle Bluffs Elementary School on Sinclair Road was accidental. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez told ABC 17 News in an email the fire was accidentally caused by construction crews who were using hot torches.
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Smoke and flames were seen again Saturday afternoon at the damage site of a total loss fire in Eldon. Eldon Police and fire crews responded to a large building fire around 7:10 p.m. at a bowling alley in Eldon on Friday night. The fire broke out at Eldon Lanes, located at 401
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