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<p style="font-weight:bold; display: inline; line-height:150%; font-size: 105%;">Columbia Fire Department<br />
201 Orr Street
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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 9, 2017</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Battalion Chief Tim Bach (573)874-7548</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%;">Resident Injured During Structure Fire</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - On Thursday, November 9th, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Columbia Fire Units were dispatched to 407 Ann St. for a residential structure fire. The first fire crew arrived four minutes later and found a six-unit apartment building with smoke visible from the basement. Fire crews found a fire in the bedroom of a basement unit and made an aggressive interior fire attack. The fire was contained to the bedroom of the involved unit. <br /><br />Two subjects were in the residence at the time of the fire and were alerted by a smoke alarm. One subject sustained minor burns while attempting to extinguish the fire. The subject received medical treatment on the scene but refused transport to a hospital. <br /><br />The Columbia Fire Department Fire Marshal's Office investigated the fire. The fire originated in a bedroom of the involved apartment and was c
aused by a portable space heater placed too close to combustibles. Damages are estimated at $10,000. <br /><br />The Columbia Fire Department would like to remind residents to keep at least three feet clearance from combustibles when using portable space heaters.<br /><br /><br /> </div>
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<div class="content"><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="https://gis.gocolumbiamo.com/CityView/?find=407 Ann St." target="_blank">407 Ann St.</a></div>
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