Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District Chief Kenny Roberts reports a house at 630 Southwest 20th Street is a complete loss after a fire Monday afternoon. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy fire billowing from the rear of the house owned by Nikki Davis. Crews coordinated an interior attack to extinguish the fire. Roberts reports the cause […]
The fire departments of Sullivan County will display fire trucks and equipment during Touch a Truck on the Milan Square. Attendees can meet local firefighters during the event on September 15th from 10 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. A vehicle extraction demonstration will be held at 2 o’clock. Hot dogs […]
The Trenton Fire Department reports fire caused moderate damage to a small portion of the attic at 2111 Haddox Street Wednesday morning. Firefighter Derek Hert reports crews saw light smoke coming from the attic access inside the garage when they arrived at the property owned by Jason Lovett. Firefighters found moderate smoke in the attic […]
A former church maintenance worker pleaded guilty in federal court to arson after setting a fire at Concord Cultural Center in Kansas City, Mo., and spray-painting racist graffiti on the front of the adjoining church, Concord Fortress of Hope, in an effort to cover up his burglary. Nathaniel D. Nelson, 49, pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a fire at the Hibner Saw Mill on Route CC Monday afternoon. Captain Les Hinnen reports firefighters found light smoke coming from the north side of the building upon arrival. Further investigation led to the discovery of smoldering sawdust along the inside of the north wall. Dry chemical extinguishers […]
A fire late Friday afternoon near the Grundy-Daviess County line burned a hay baler, tractor, an estimated 20 large round bales of hay, along with approximately 30 acres in a field off Northwest 12th Street. Delbert Sandefur of the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District explained the fire began when the baler got hot while […]
Brush being burned in a yard at night sent Chillicothe firefighters to 202 East 2nd Street Thursday night. The department quoted a person at the scene as saying he was cutting up the owners’ tree that had fallen in a storm earlier in the year and didn’t realize city ordinance did not allow burning after […]
The Trenton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 3900 East 10th Street in Trenton Wednesday night. Lieutenant Doug Franklin reports firefighters found no smoke or fire upon arrival, but there was light smoke upon entry into the residence owned by Cindy Akers. Crews deployed a water extinguisher and a thermal imaging camera to […]
A hay bale fire was reported Wednesday at Black Silo Winery off Highway 6, just east of Trenton. Lieutenant Doug Franklin of the Trenton Fire Department reported ten large round bales of hay were on fire. Firefighters protected other exposures from the fire spreading to them. The landowner used a tractor to move bales away […]
The Trenton City Council has arranged financing for the city share of the costs related to replacement of the 17th Street Bridge. The council last night gave unanimous approval to an ordinance on a lease purchase transaction. A ten-year loan has been set up with the Security Bank of Kansas City as the trustee. The principal […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District responded to a report of a hay field on fire on Saturday. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered several hay bales, a pickup and a large portion of the hay field on fire. Strong winds made it difficult for firefighters to control and contain the fire. Crews enlisted the help of a tractor […]
The Galt Community Fair begins Thursday evening with a spaghetti supper hosted by the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary. The meal will be served at the fire station from 5 to 8 o’clock and DLO will perform from 6 to 9 o’clock. Those watching the performance are asked to bring lawn chairs. Farm mechanics shop […]
Fire Saturday evening in Chillicothe destroyed a garage and damaged surrounding structures. Firefighters arrived at 1430 Burnam to find an unattached garage with heavy fire in the front and a side of the structure. Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports a power line between the garage and house was burning with fire in an attic vent […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded Wednesday night to two calls for service. In the yard behind 926 Cherry, a fire was reported when grease was being heated in a propane turkey fryer. The fryer was not near a structure so there was no fire extension. An extinguisher and the lid of the fryer was used to […]
Several fire departments responded to a fire near Bethany on Monday that burned several structures. Bethany Fire Chief Jacob Denum reports departments from Bethany, Pattonsburg, New Hampton, and Gilman City responded to the fire south of Bethany on Route AA. He says the fire burned two outbuildings and a barn as well as farm equipment, […]
The Galt Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire Wednesday afternoon. Terry Wynne with the fire department reports a bearing went out on a hay baler and caught the grass on fire a few miles east of Humphreys causing approximately 10 acres of grass and several bales of hay to burn. The fire department […]
A business building that was in the process of being demolished, Anderson’s TBA in Chillicothe, resulted in a request to the Chillicothe Fire Department for assistance Wednesday night at 801 Locust Street. A report this morning from Assistant Chief Eric Reeter says the city codes officer at 8:20 last night, requested the fire department provide […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department Monday responded to a report of hay bales on fire along LIV Road 251 which is near the airport. According to a news release, Harold Dewey was having hay baled in the field by his home when a bearing on the baler failed and over-heated catching two large round bales of […]
Firefighters from Trenton and the Grundy County Rural Firefighters responded to 24th street and Pleasant Plain in Trenton Saturday afternoon where a fire burned less than one-half acre in a hay field. A Trenton Fire Department spokesman said hay was being raked at the time and the cause of the fire was unknown. Firefighters were […]
Trenton firefighters responded to smoke from an unattended brush fire by the Maple Grove Cemetery in the western part of Trenton. Derek Hert stated firefighters found what appeared to be a pile of burning yard waste and tree clippings down a gravel road, just off West 13th Street. Firefighters extinguished the fire and were at […]
