MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A home in Mexico, Missouri, had “significant damage” in each room after a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms early Saturday morning. The Mexico Public Safety Department responded to the call in the 100 block of South Mississippi Street at 2:57 a.m. Saturday. A resident in the home woke up
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BLACKWATER, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 10:45 p.m.: The MODOT traveler map shows Interstate 70 is back open at the Route J intersection as fire crews work to put out a fire at the Stuckey’s gas station. Our crew at the scene says five Mid-Missouri crews responded to the scene. Blackwater Area Fire Protection District, Saline County
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire that left one person dead Saturday night.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a fire early Friday morning. According to fire officials, the fire was in the 900 block of Monroe St. Authorities arrived at the home shortly after 2 a.m. The fire caused damages amounting to an estimated $20,000. The Red Cross is helping the seven residents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge has upheld a previous court ruling involving a Columbia businessman. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was ordered to pay $250,000 in actual damages and $2,500,000 in punitive damages for his involvement in a 2014 Columbia arson. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a lower court ruling that Fotoohighiam was
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A person was hurt after an oxygen tank exploded inside of a Newburg home on Thursday afternoon. The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District said its crews responded around 1:15 p.m. to the home, which is off of Cook Street. One person was treated for burns to their face but their condition is unknown. There was no fire and no
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