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Video from robbie Dill of a house fire in Kansas City, Missouri. No further information.
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Authorities said a body has been found in the rubble where JJ’s Restaurant once stood. They did not release information on the gender or identity of the body.
Authorities had been looking for a missing woman. She was an employee of JJ’s, but no other details were given about her.
Early reports indicated that two people were missing — a man and a woman. Just after 5 a.m. Wednesday, officials said the man was safely located at an area hospital. Officials recanted that information during a 10:30 a.m. news conference, though. They said the man was not at the site of the explosion and had contacted his family.
Authorities initially reported that a construction worker struck a natural gas line. Missouri Gas Energy released the following statement on Wednesday:
“We remain focused on supporting the ongoing investigation into the cause of last night’s incident and on ensuring the continued security of the site.
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UPDATED – Watch live: Explosion levels Kansas City restaurant. Multiple injuries. Pre-arrival video added.
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Kansas City police say there are no known deaths as yet from an explosion and fire Tuesday evening just west of the Country Club Plaza.
But sources tell The Star that one employee of JJ’s resturant, the site of the explosion, remains unaccounted for.
At least 15 people are being treated at area hospitals, several in critical condition. The fire that resulted from the explosion at JJ’s restaurant, 910 W. 48th St. was upgraded to a four-alarm blaze. Fire crews reported about 7:45 p.m. that the gas company said it had turned off gas in the area. A fire official said the explosion appears to have been an accident.
At least 10 people were taken to hospitals after an explosion and fire at a restaurant west of the Country Club Plaza.
A gas explosion started the fire just before 6 p.m. at J.J.’s Restaurant near 48th Street and Belleview Avenue. A police representative said a car hit a gas main.
Flames and thick black smoke were seen pouring from the building and could be seen from miles away. St. Luke’s Hospital said five patients had been brought to the hospital and at least some were in serious condition.
The University of Kansas Hospital said it had received four patients and had a fifth on the way, hospital spokeswoman Jill Chadwick said. Two of the patients were in the trauma unit. She said most of the patients were being treated for lacerations.
James Armer said he was about a mile and a half away and heard the explosion and saw debris flying about 100 feet into the air.
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Monarch firefighters staged a frigid water rescue on Saturday, saving a dog who had fallen through pond ice in Wildwood.
Fire Marshal Roger Herin said the crew was called to the 400 block of Pine Bend Drive around 2:45 p.m.
Herin said a dog named Gretchen was found submerged in icy water about 60 feet from the shore.
Monarch’s Fire Marshal Roger Herin said the dog, Gretchen, was found to be approximately 60 feet off shore in water beyond the ice.
“Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Marshall crawled out on the ice, went into the water, grabbed the dog and slid back on the ice, saving the dog’s life,” said Herin.
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Video from bmazanec of a fire at Chippewa and Michigan in St. Louis, Missouri on New Year’s Day. Airhorns sound around 6:35 on the video.
A smoky fire in a south St. Louis building forced the evacuations of several people living in a neighboring apartment structure as a precaution.
Firefighters responded to the fire scene in the 3100 block of Chippewa near Michigan around 1:30 this morning and found thick smoke coming the structure.
The building was reportedly vacant when the fire broke out, and a specific cause has not been identified.
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Candidate for St. Louis mayor: ‘ … the firemen in the county don’t really fight fires. They get a call and watch the building burn..’
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am always thankful and appreciative of the support you have shown STATter911.com through the years. The firefighters who read this site are the best and bravest firefighters in the world. Those who don’t are a bunch of cowards who would be scared to death to set foot in a burning building.
Pretty harsh, huh? Pandering to my audience, aren’t I?
Of course, I didn’t mean any of that other than sending along my best wishes and sincerely thanking you for your support. I would really have no way of knowing if those who read STATter911.com are the best and the bravest (though I do suspect they are the smartest).
It’s just my way of showing how inane the comments are that St. Louis aldermanic President Lewis Reed made in his efforts to seal the support of IAFF Local 73 firefighters in his run for mayor. Reed said the following at a neighborhood meeting Monday that was also attended by the local’s incoming president:
“And the firemen, the firemen in the county don’t really fight fires. They get a call and watch the building burn. Now they make sure nothing else catches fire, but they don’t go in the building.”
I have no clue about how good city firefighters are versus county firefighters in the St. Louis area. But I do know it’s one thing to highly praise a group of people as you lobby for their support and a very different thing to trash another group of people in making your point.
Reed probably didn’t need to go this far, considering the incumbent mayor he is running against, Francis G. Slay, has been at odds with the firefighters over pension issues and news reports indicate Local 73 has invested in Reed’s campaign.
Already this candidate for mayor is backpedaling just a bit. Here’s an excerpt from Joe Holleman’s “Joe’s St. Louis” column at stltoday.com:
Reached later Wednesday, Reed said he was not criticizing county firefighters’ dedication or professionalism, but merely pointing out the different strategies adopted by the respective departments.
“The city has adopted a more aggressive approach to fighting fires, and we tend to have the (manpower) to do that,” Reed said. “I didn’t mean that county firefighters do not fight fires.”
“That statement was taken totally out of context and is being used by the Slay camp to drive a wedge between the members of public safety (departments) and myself.”
So, if Reed becomes mayor, how will this comment play in any city/county relations?
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Video from robbie Dill posted yesterday of a house with fire in the attic in Kansas City, Missouri. No further information.
Pre-arrival video: Basement fire with evacuation ordered at vacant South St. Louis storefront & residence.
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Early video from bmazanec of a fire yesterday morning at 5501 Michigan Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The call for defensive operations comes shortly after the 5:00 mark on the video.
One firefighter suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning while battling a fire at a vacant two-story brick building at 5501 Michigan Avenue.
The lower floor of the building was a commercial business; the top floor is residential. It is at the corner of Fassen Street in the Carondelet neighborhood.
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Video from bmazanec on the scene today at a garage fire at Virginia Avenue and Pulaski Avenue in South St. Louis.
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From a fire yesterday afternoon at 12th Street and Edmond Street in St. Joseph, Missouri.
A St. Joseph Fire Department inspector said four adults and two children live in the home. Two adults were home at the time, but they were not hurt.
They told the fire department they heard an explosion before the fire.
Investigators say the cause of the fire is undetermined, but say it started on the back porch.
Investigators also say they found a propane bottle with its valve missing. They believe that was the source of the explosion.
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Helmet-cam video: Rescue & fire attack at two-alarm St. Charles, Missouri apartment fire.
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At 840 Spring Avenue in St. Charles, Missouri last Saturday evening, firefighters found fire through the roof of a 20-unit apartment building and a number of victims. According to news reports, one critically burned man from the apartment where the fire started jumped or fell from the second floor, two others needed help down ladders and 70-year-old Jackie Hamilton was trapped in her second floor apartment.
Above is the raw video from the helmet-cam worn by the officer of the crew that rescued Hamilton and then went back in to assist in putting out the fire.
In the video below firefighters Aaron Burlingame and Jeff Twyman are reunited with Hamilton by KTVI-TV.
Jackie Hamilton was stuck on the second floor.
“I could not see and was coughing and could not find the way out,” she said.
Two firefighters located Hamilton.
“They got there just in time,” she said. “They saved my life.”
Russell Korando, STLToday.com:
Phillip Wilson, 53, suffered second- and third-degree burns on 75 percent of his body in addition to several fractures. He was in critical condition Friday at Mercy hospital in Creve Coeur, said Capt. Dan Casey of the St. Charles Fire Department.
The fire started in the living room of Wilson’s apartment, one of 16 units occupied at the time, and spread quickly, Casey said. Firefighters extinguished the fire in 30 minutes, he said.
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Raw video: Attic flashover & evacuation in Sappington, MO. Let’s hear it for the fire responders.
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TheBravestOnline.com found this one from last Thursday of the Mehlville Fire Protection District in action at a two-alarm townhouse fire in Sappington, Missouri. The attic flashes at 2:03 and the air horns are sounded at 2:24 on the video. Deputy Chief Dan Furrer told the Sunset Hills – Crestwood Patch the fire appears to have started on the outside lower level.
My favorite part of this story is not the video but the way the reporter desribed the people who put the wet stuff on the read red stuff:
Mehlville Fire responders, as well as teams from Crestwood, Affton and Webster Groves, had the fire under control in less than an hour.
At Firehouse Expo Chairman Ray McCormack held an official meeting of the ”Only You Can Prevent First Responders!” steering committee (actually he just stopped by the booth to say hi to Firegeezer and me). As smart as the three of us are (and we are damn smart) we never thought it would get worse than ”first responders”. So now firefighters are just “responders”. Not even “first” anymore. Jeesh!
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A citizen reporter captures the pre-arrival, arrival and extinguishment of a building fire in Kimberling City, Missouri on June 29.
Crews were dispatched to the report of heavy fire and smoke from the Ski Shack. First Engine arrived at 07:06 and set up defensive operations protecting the adjacent boat docks. The adjacent docks sustained minor damage.
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A fire as Independence Day came to a close. This one at North Newstead near Ashland in North St. Louis is being blamed on fireworks. Read more.
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This is helmet-cam video by the Conway VFD in Conway, MO. It was taken during a fire on Monday.
Here’s some of the description with the video:
At the door way crew encountered fire and obstruction behind the door. the fire was stopped at the front door which saved the rest of the home from burning. Please be kind and wise with your comments we understand things may of not been done the correct way or how you might do it so keep that out of the comment box please and any questions or concerns should be addressed to Conwayfiredepartment@gmail.com.
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More video from the fire Tuesday at the Ozark Treasures Thrift Store, 1026 St. Louis St. in West Plains, Missouri. This time is is helmet-cam video from part of the crew on the initial attack on the loading dock and rear of the store.
This video captures collapse the roof and wall on Side B and the removal of crews that were up close on Side A starting at 11:00 in the video.
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Early coverage of this fire & wall collapse video
There has been a discussion going on since Wednesday in our comments section and on Facebook about video of a wall collapse at a fire Tuesday at the Ozark Treasures Thrift Store, 1026 St. Louis St. in West Plains, Missouri. Much of the discussion centered around two people who appeared to be near or in the collapse zone without PPE. One of them had been using a handline on the fire through the roof in the rear of the store. Other than a link to some good early still pictures that I don’t think everyone saw, the view was quite limited about what else was happening on the fireground.
The last couple years we have run many dash-cam and helmet-cam videos from West Plains and figured some would be coming from this fire. These two clips were posted yesterday and show the arrival of the first engine with smoke showing from the attic, initial fire department actions and the view from the front of the building.
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The video above is from Ozark Radio News of a fire at a thrift store on Tuesday in West Plains, Missouri. A collapse occurs at the 5:00 point in the video.
Ed Button, ozarkareanetwork.com:
The Ozark Treasures Thrift Store, 1026 St. Louis St. in West Plains, sustained crippling damage after an intense fire burned on Tuesday.
Firefighters from the West Plains and Howell Rural Fire Departments were called to the scene just after 4 PM on Tuesday and found excessive smoke coming from the building where the old Stanley grocery store once was. Crews with the West Plains Fire Department were still on-scene as of 9 PM. Howell Rural cleared the scene around 6:30 PM.
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Dash-cam video: 15 hours after first fire, Missouri’s West Plains FD returns to 3rd street home to find it engulfed in flames.
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Video from initial fire at 1019 3rd Street
Earlier today we brought you West Plains Fire Department video of a house fire that occurred at 1019 3rd Street around 3:00 PM yesterday. That fire started in a closet and extended to the living area. Now, a new video from the department shows them returning to the same address around 6:00 this morning with the house engulfed in flames.
From an article by Ed Button at Ozark Area Network:
The home was uninhabitable after Wednesday’s damage. No injuries were reported in either fire.
West Plains Fire Chief Tim Bean says that the Missouri Fire Marshal is in town to investigate the original fire, and that the investigation is ongoing.
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It’s been a while since we’ve run a video from Missouri’s West Plains Fire Department. This is from a house fire yesterday on 3rd Street.
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I couldn’t find much in the way of details on when this fire occurred. It appears to be in St. Louis County, MO with the first arriving engine being from the Berkeley Fire Department followed by units from the Community Fire Protection District. Feel free to correct me if my Internet research is not correct.
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‘The real heroes are the firefighters’ – Chiefs QB Matt Cassel after alerting neighbor to fire.
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That's a nice headline. Fortunately it is being heard around the country because of attention a house fire Thursday in the Village of Loch Lloyd in Missouri has received. The fire has made the news outside of Kansas City because the people who own the home that burned in the Cass County gated community live near Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel. And their famous neighbor was the one who spotted the fire.
Neighbors told KMBC 9 News that Cassel's wife first spotted the smoke and flames coming from the home's chimney. Cassel ran to his neighbor's house, rang the doorbell, pounded on the front door and started to circle the house until he saw the woman who lives there come outside.
The woman said she didn't realize her house was on fire until the Cassels acted.
No one was hurt in the fire. Late Friday night, Cassel called a neighbor and gave permission for the man to relay a message to Judy.
"I wasn't heroic at all," Cassel said. "I just ran up to the house and alerted them. The real heroes are the firefighters."
Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com posted some video and pictures of the big guns out at a 5th-alarm in St. Louis, Missouri yesterday. Click here for the visuals and details on the fire.
Below is early video from the fire as the ladder trucks and towers get into place.
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This is from a fire just before 3:00 AM Saturday morning in West Plains, Missouri.
Volunteer in Holts Summit, Missouri gets ticket during POV response. Police & fire differ on meaning of state law.
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A dispute in Holts Summit, Missouri where the police and fire departments disagree over whether a firefighter's personal vehicle can be an emergency vehicle. The issue arose when a New Bloomfield Fire Protection District firefighter was ticketed while responding to a fire on Saturday. The police and fire department's have differing interpretations of state statutes on this issue (here and here).
Volunteer firefighter Matt Ousley said that he was driving responsibly, but taking the liberties an emergency vehicle is authorized to. He admits he was driving 10 mph over the speed limit and passing cars as they were yielding to him. Ousley said because he was using his blue flashing light and siren, his driving was legal.
The Holts Summit Police Department Assistant Chief Bryan Reid disagrees. He said a volunteer firefighter's personal vehicle, even when equipped with appropriate lights and siren, is not an emergency vehicle. "A first responder vehicle is not considered a full emergency vehicle," says Reid, "By statute it is not exempt."
New Bloomfield Assistant Fire Chief Dean Powell said the statute "says right in it, very specifically, it states different things that they can exceed the law. Similar to a police officer when they are responding. They're personal vehicle at that point becomes an emergency vehicle."
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