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ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) — The Sunday fire at the Clinton-Peabody housing complex has now claimed the lives of all three children who were left alone in the home. Police say 5-year-old Dream Coleman died Tuesday morning, after 4-year-old Heaven Coleman died Monday and 6-month-old Damarion Eiland died...

EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the (Peoria...

Two large piles of shredded metal caught fire Sunday afternoon, it's still unclear how.

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The 4th annual Mike Flamion Hot Dogs with Heroes has a big goal this year: to raise $100,000. It takes place in the Chesterfield Mall parking lot by Macy’s on Saturday, September 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mark Gilliam, president of Code 3 Response, is a paramedic with the Metro...

MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMOX/AP) — Six firefighters of the Vienna Fire Department are being treated at local hospitals for moderate to severe burns and cuts from flying debris after responding to a house fire where there was an explosion. The Maries County Sheriffs Office and the Vienna FD are...

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) updated 4:45 p.m. Friday — The mother of the four children injured in Thursday's fire in South St. Louis, has been charged with endangering their welfare. Investigators say 27-year-old Crystal Ford left the children, all under the age of 5, alone in the home for an extended period...

O'FALLON, Mo. (KMOX) — O'Fallon Missouri Police are crediting staff at Liberty High School with stopping a 29-year-old Wright City man from setting himself on fire. The man doused himself with gasoline on the parking lot of the school on Sommers Road around 6:30 this morning. Police say school...

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) -- No one was injured but St. Louis Firefighters were busy after an apparent explosion sparked a two alarm fire in the Ville early Sunday afternoon. It happened in the 4300 block of Cottage -- the apartment building was occupied but no one was injured. It eventually escalated to a...