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Fires

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Eric Lawson: Police Say Man Shot Breiana Ray and Her Mother, Then Set Fatal Fire

    A Saturday night apartment fire in the 2100 block of South Jefferson Avenue was allegedly set by Eric Lawson, 23, the ex-boyfriend of Breiana Ray, 22. Ray and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, were found in the burning building by firefighters, dead of gunshot wounds. Breiana Ray's son by Lawson, ten-m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Mobile Home Fire Reveals 50 One-Pot Meth Labs

    Firefighters responded to a mobile home blaze Monday at Pacific Summit Estates in Franklin County, reports The Washington Missourian. Witnesses told police that they saw a man and a woman run from the home while smoke was pouring out of it, then get it into separate cars and drive off. That was susp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Fire Strikes Sports Attic in Brentwood

    Fire struck the Sports Attic (8212 Manchester Road, Brentwood; 314-963-7829) early this morning, according to multiple reports. The damage appears to be severe, possibly total. KSDK reports that firefighters arrived after 4 a.m., and the blaze grew to three alarms. KMOV reports that firefighters fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Fire Strikes Abandoned University City Restaurant

    According to multiple reports, a fire overnight struck the abandoned Kramer's Olive Bistro restaurant at 8141 Olive Boulevard in University City. Though at least one headline states that the restaurant was "destroyed" by the fire, the building remains intact, with much of the damage at the back. KT ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Fire Strikes Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe [Updated]

    A fire struck Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe (3425 North Highway 67, Florissant; 314-972-8410) early Sunday morning. According to a report in the Post-Dispatch, the restaurant is "destroyed," and the cause of the fire is still being determined. The restaurant and club opened last year, succeeding the pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Fire Strikes Mathew's Kitchen

    Ian Froeb​Firefighters responded early this morning to Mathew's Kitchen (5625 Hampton Avenue; 314-351-1700), a new restaurant in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood of south city, according to multiple media reports.KMOV reports that the cause of the fire was towels left in a dryer overnight. Both KM ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Man's House Burns, St. Louis City Cites Him for Melted Siding

    Three weeks after a fire destroyed this home (left), the city cited the homeowner for broken windows and "defective" siding.​Okay, so the following story fits the purposes of a blog for a couple of reasons. 1. It's not earth-shattering news, though I suspect it will fire up a few people who've bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Fire at the Fabulous Fox: Photos of the Damage and Repairs

    The fire was contained in this mechanical room on the fourth floor and quickly extinguished. ​About 100 people were hard at work Monday dealing with the aftermath of a three alarm fire that broke out in the wee hours of Sunday morning in the historic Fox Theatre. The blaze started in a mechani ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    Rugby Burn: Gravely injured in a fluke house fire, Iraq War vet Stephen Ellis is dead set on returning to the sport he loves

    The fire was contained in this mechanical room on the fourth floor and quickly extinguished. ​About 100 people were hard at work Monday dealing with the aftermath of a three alarm fire that broke out in the wee hours of Sunday morning in the historic Fox Theatre. The blaze started in a mechani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Police Investigate Suspicious Fire in North City

    Update 11:29 a.m.: This post initially cited a report from KMOV.com stating that two suspects involved in this morning's fire accidentally burned themselves when lighting the blaze and were taken to the hospital. St. Louis police tell Daily RFT that was not the case. The fire ripped through this bui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Geo's Wings and More Sustains Fire Damage

    Wikimedia Commons | Thinkstock​It was a hot weekend for wings in Belleville, Illinois, and not in a good way. On Friday morning a kitchen fire erupted at Geo's Wings and More, RFT's 2009 choice for "Best Wings". Co-owner Karen Smith says that as of this morning they're still investigating t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Tyrone Benedict: Caregiver Accused of Murdering Quadriplegic Man

    Benedict had burns all over his body when arrested yesterday.​The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office today charged Tyrone C. Benedict of Maryland Heights with first-degree murder and arson in the death yesterday of Mark Woods. Police and fire officials arrived to Woods' burning home y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Review Slideshow: Copia Urban Winery

    Jennifer SilverbergThe spare ribs at Copia Urban Winery​Out of the fire, into the frying pan. My review of Copia Urban Winery is now available online, as is Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of Copia, reborn two-and-a-half years after a devastating arson fire.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

    Virgil, quick, come and see, there goes Robert E. Lee.-- The Band​ Read the Post-Dispatch account of yesterday's fire here.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Stream a New Everything Went Black Song

    ​The upstart post-hardcore act Everything Went Black will release its new EP, Altars & Arsonists, on the North Carolina label Hands Up, which is run by Jonathan Raine and Danny Trudell. (Trudell, a.k.a. Danny Sober, also owns Seventh Dagger, a popular straight-edge hardcore label.) Arsoni ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 19, 2009

    Gut Check: Citygarden sprouts an eatery

    ​The upstart post-hardcore act Everything Went Black will release its new EP, Altars & Arsonists, on the North Carolina label Hands Up, which is run by Jonathan Raine and Danny Trudell. (Trudell, a.k.a. Danny Sober, also owns Seventh Dagger, a popular straight-edge hardcore label.) Arsoni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    FoodWire: Fire at Zia's on the Hill

    The Post-Dispatch reports that a kitchen fire struck the popular Hill restaurant Zia's (5256 Wilson Avenue) overnight. The restaurant is closed for an undetermined period of time.

  • Music

    December 3, 2008

    In Flames

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Music

    August 13, 2008

    Curtis Eller

    9 p.m. Thursday, August 14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Alleged Copia Fire Starter Nabbed

    9 p.m. Thursday, August 14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Alleged Copia Fire Starter Nabbed

    9 p.m. Thursday, August 14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Breaking: Suspect in Copia Arson

    9 p.m. Thursday, August 14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    Best Neighborhood Bar (North County)

    Whalen's Restaurant and Irish Pub

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Last Strike

    St. Louis loses a landmark in a six-alarm blaze. We rolled the last ball.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Under Fire

    Chief Sherman George lights a fire, but who feels the heat?

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