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Fire destroys Columbia, Ill. home of Weber car dealer
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COLUMBIA, Ill. – A massive fire destroyed the home of a renowned local car dealer overnight, and claimed the lives of two pets at the residence. It took firefighters from across southern Illinois a few hours to put the fire out.
According to Chief Mike Roediger, Columbia Fire Protection District, the fire started around 2:15 a.m. Monday, at the home of Lori and George “Skip” Weber IV.
The back of the home is gone, and the inside gutted.
“Upon arrival, we had flames through the roof. Pretty much the entire structure was fully involved. We called for all our neighboring departments,” Roediger said.
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The chief said the couple called 911 as they were leaving the house, located on Charlotte Avenue in the Stonegate Estates subdivision.
Fire departments from Prairie Du Pont, Mehlville, Dupo, and Waterloo responded to help get the massive blaze under control.
Roediger said it was not safe for anyone to go inside the residence because the homeowners had propane tanks in the backyard and ammo stored in a basement safe. The ammo went off while firefighters struggled to extinguish the fire.
Crews also only had one hydrant to work with.
“Luckily, they have a swimming pool in the back. We’re able to pump water out of the back of it, just keeping water flowing,” Roediger said. “This is a dead-end water line here, so we’re sort of had troubles with water when we hooked up to two hydrants.”
The Webers have three kids who are adults and do not live here, but this was their childhood home. They came to the site to console their parents.
“We’re here to support ’em with anything, I know the community’s behind ’em also,” Roediger said. “George is big into Songs for Soldiers in Columbia. He’s the main sponsor for that, and I’m sure the entire community will rally around him and help him out.”
Nothing seems suspicious about the fire, which took firefighters approximately three hours to extinguish, Roediger said.
“It started in the back area,” the chief said. “We’re not sure if it was under the deck or in the basement area someplace, but it started on the lower level, as far as we can tell right now.”
The Illinois State Fire Marshal is also investigating to determine how and where the fire started.
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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 — 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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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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