NewsDecember 20, 2004
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Smoke from outside fire infiltrates hospital The smell of smoke filled three floors of Southeast Missouri Hospital early Sunday afternoon as a welding project ignited papers and books in the mechanical room near a construction zone. The fire was put out by construction workers as firefighters arrived. ...
Smoke from outside fire infiltrates hospital
The smell of smoke filled three floors of Southeast Missouri Hospital early Sunday afternoon as a welding project ignited papers and books in the mechanical room near a construction zone. The fire was put out by construction workers as firefighters arrived . However, the air handlers of the heating and air-conditioning units had filtered some of the smoke into the hospital. Staff reported strong smoke odors in the ER, the ICU and on the second and third floors. No one was evacuated, hospital officials said.
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Man accused of killing iguanas, assaulting wife
A Cape Girardeau man was charged Sunday with the felony of second-degree domestic assault and three counts of animal abuse, according to Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. Cape Girardeau police reported that Charles W. Madden, 37, struck his wife on the face and head, then killed her two pet iguanas and injured her dog. Bond was set at $50,000.
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