St. Louis County Police: Crestwood House Fire Ruled Accidental

The department's Bomb and Arson unit investigated the fire because a resident suffered burns, Crestwood Fire Chief Mark Menning said.

Updated: One Injured During House Fire in Crestwood

A male resident suffered burns, though Chief Mark Menning couldn't comment on his condition. St. Louis County Bomb & Arson unit determined the fire was accidental.

[Editor's note: This article was updated Jan. 11 at 3:30 p.m. to include comments from St. Louis County Police.] St. Louis County Police officials said a house fire that left one Crestwood man injured Wednesday was accidental.  Crestwood fire officials first responded to the house fire at 9542 Big Bend Blvd. around 4:30 p.m. A bystander pulled a disabled man from the burning home, Crestwood Fire Chief Mark Menning said. He said no other residents were home at the time of the fire but believed the injured man did not live alone.  KSDK confirmed the resident was helped by Marc Stevener, a neighbor who was driving by at the time. Menning could not comment on the condition of the victim to Patch Wednesday night, but a relative of the man told …

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No Injuries Reported in House Fire Sunday Night

Mehlville firefighters had the blaze under control in about an hour.

No injuries were reported late Sunday night when firefighters from the Mehlville Fire Protection District responded to a house fire on the 9000 block of Saddlebrook Drive.  The call came in at approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the house's garage had caught fire. Firefighters contained the flames to the garage and the fire was under control by 12:26 a.m.  Assistant Chief Dan LaFata said the cause of the fire was accidental and likely electrical in nature.  Fire departments from Crestwood and Fenton aided on the one-alarm call. 

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