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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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries have been reported after a semi-truck caught fire at the Route J off-ramp of westbound Interstate 70 on Monday, according to Boone County Fire officials. The ramp is currently closed, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Gayle Blomenkamp. The estimated time for the closure was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District is set to pay tribute to Assistant Chief Bryant Gladney. The fire service has a of those traditions is turning your fire station red to honor a fallen firefighter. On this one-year anniversary of his death, the Boone County Fire Protection District will light three locations
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) A Boone County family’s mobile home was burnt down Saturday evening, and with it destroyed several irreplaceable items. “I lost my mom’s necklace that had ashes in it. My grandbaby’s half-brother passed away in May, we lost his ashes,” Tammy Crow said. The house fire on Saturday occurred on Wyatt Lane and
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The Boone County Fire Protection District uploaded these photos Thursday to its Facebook page showing the damage caused by Hurricane Ian. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District said in a Thursday Facebook post that part of its team could return to Missouri as soon as Saturday. The Disaster Situational Assessment and Reconnaissance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 continued its search efforts Wednesday in Fort Myers, Florida, after finding human remains. The search it covered more than 570 homes and other debris piles left from the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. “While performing their searches yesterday, one of the HRD (Human Remains Detection) canines unfortunately located a
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A military aircraft caused a sonic boom heard around Boone County on Friday, a fire official said.
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Drivers on the I-70 Missouri River bridge in Rocheport should take extra caution during winter weather, fire officials said.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia woman was injured in a school bus crash Thursday afternoon that closed a state highway. The Boone County Fire Protection District said firefighters were called just after 3 p.m. to a crash between a car and a school bus on Route Z near Judy School Road. Route Z was
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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a vehicle fire on Coats Lane in Boone County Sunday evening.
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Boone County firefighters were called to an apartment fire northeast of Columbia on Friday.
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Work to expand Route H near Columbia Regional Airport began this week. The work, which will cause road closures, is broken down into four phases. Residents from the Englewood area held several meetings in September with officials from the airport, engineers working on the project and fire officials to discuss concerns about the scheduled work, including
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