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Commercial vehicles catch fire at St. Charles Coca-Coca plant

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the Coca-Cola plant in St. Charles, after several tractors and trailers caught fire at the facility.

Firefighters said 10 tractors and two trailers were destroyed in the fire. 

“Anything that is going to be an auto component burns very hot, burns very fast, and produces a lot of smoke,” said Capt. Kelly Hunsel, St. Charles Fire Department. “So, I know we had reports of seeing the smoke from as far away as Maryland Heights, folks that could see it from the airport, and even west past Zumbehl Road.”

She said investigators are still looking into how the fire started. 

“Vehicle fires present kind of a different set of problems or challenges, especially when you have commercial vehicles involved,” Hunsel said. “So, here today, we actually had to deploy foam, which is something we use on extremely flammable objects.”

Hunsel said windy conditions spread the fire across Elm Point Industrial Rd. 

“We kind of had to divide forces. We sent a few crews to handle the brush fire, other crews stayed here to handle the main body of the fire. So, it was kind of an all-out effort,” she said.

Hunsel said the majority of the damage was in the Coca-Cola parking lot. 

“The tractors themselves, you can see a bit of their frames are left, not much of them. There were also some trailers involved,” she said. “I’m kind of hearing some of them may have been empty, some may have been partially loaded, so we’re not really sure how much product was lost.”

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Man attacks Jeff Co. deputy with screwdriver during attempted arrest

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.

Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.

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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.

Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.

Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.

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St. Louis Public Schools superintendent to be sworn in

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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.

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Gas tanker crashes into St. Louis Metro transit center

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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.

The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.

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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.

A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.

The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.

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