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Developing: Fire
9:35 pm
Tue July 17, 2012

Five-alarm fire in Midtown apartment building

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A photo of 3949 Lindell Ave. ablaze around 8 p.m. July 17, 2012.
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A five alarm fire burns into the night at an apartment complex in Midtown St. Louis on July 17, 2012.
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St. Louis firefighters work to contain a fire on the roof of an apartment building during a five alarm fire in St. Louis on July 17, 2012. Nearly 200 apartments in the complex were involved after a fire spread throughout the roof of the buildings.
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A view from a distance of the five-alarm fire in a St. Louis apartment building on July 17, 2012.
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A close-up view from across the street of the fire at 3949 Lindell Blvd. in St. Louis.
Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Firefighters try to stay cool while battling a five-alarm blaze at 3949 Lindell Blvd, near Lindell and Vandeventer. Two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion while working in 90+ degree temperatures.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.

Updated 3:45 p.m. City fire chief Dennis Jenkerson says the cause of the fire is not suspicious, and building appears to be up to code:

"The question that came up was the draft stops up in the attic, and in reviewing the plans, and also we sent firefighters over there this morning and we went up in the attics of the remaining buildings, and all buildings had the draft stops as required. This was just a very hot and quick-moving fire."

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Hellbender Song
2:16 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Endangered hellbender salamander inspires song

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Adult Ozark hellbenders can reach up to two feet in length.
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You may remember our story about the St. Louis Zoo successfully breeding an endangered giant salamander. Now the hellbender is being honored in song:

The St. Louis band FIRE DOG is offering its hellbender song as a free download on Sunday in honor of Earth Day.

In the meantime, here are the lyrics:

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Doe Run
12:54 pm
Tue March 20, 2012

Doe Run assessing damage after early morning fire

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Several Jefferson County fire departments responded to a blaze early Tuesday morning at the Doe Run Company’s primary smelter in Herculaneum.

Company officials say there were no injuries and they are now assessing damage.

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