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<p style="font-weight:bold; display: inline; line-height:150%; font-size: 105%;">Columbia Fire Department<br />
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Columbia, MO 65201
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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 1, 2016</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Office 573-874-7557 Monday through Friday 8am - 5pm
<br />Email fire-pio@como.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">House Fire on Blue Grouse Drive</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">The Columbia Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 3303 Blue Grouse Drive on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 2:06pm. Units arrived approximately five minutes later and observed heavy smoke coming from a one story, single family home.</p>
<p>Fire crews deployed a preconnected hose line and performed an aggressive fire attack, containing the fire to the kitchen.</p>
<p>There was no one in the home at the time of the fire.</p>
<p>Assistant Fire Marshal Jim Pasley performed an origin and cause investigation and determined the fire started in the kitchen as a result of unattended cooking. While the fire was contained to the kitchen there was smoke damage throughout the home. Pasley estimates damage at $70,000.</p>
<p>Seven units from the Columbia Fire Department responded to this call. There were no reported injuries.</p>
<p>The Columbia Fire Department reminds residents that smoke alarms save lives. Test your smoke alarms at least once a month by pressing the test button. Replace smoke alarm batteries at least once a year. Replace smoke alarms every ten years. To ensure adequate protection, place smoke alarms in every sleeping room and in a common area on every floor. </p></div>
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