Crime & Safety

Firefighters Battle Early Morning Blaze in Kirkwood

Units were on the scene of a fully involved fire on Monroe Place from about 1-3 a.m. Tuesday.

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Kirkwood firefighters spent the early morning hours battling a blaze that left a detached garage on Monroe Place in ruins.

The Kirkowod Fire Department responded to a fire at 424 Monroe Place where they found the property's detached garage fully involved in a fire, according to Kirkwood Fire Chief Thomas Openlander.

Units were on the scene from about 1-3 a.m. Tuesday. The garage was a total loss, Openlander said.

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