Structure fire in Millstadt

The Millstadt and Columbia fire departments responded about 9:30 a.m. Saturday to a residential structure fire in the 700 block of Admiral Wendt Parkway off North Polk Street in Millstadt.

The fire was knocked down within a short amount of time.

A Columbia fire official said the homeowner was soldering to repair a broken pipe in the wall when the fire broke out. Damage was contained to a small section of the wall, with some other smoke and water damage sustained.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.
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