Circle K Needs Approval Before It Can Rebuild

Following January's fire the gas station applied for a special use permit needed to re-open. The Board of Aldermen will vote on the permit during Thursday's meeting.

All that stands between a new roof for Circle K is the St. Peters Board of Aldermen. The convenience store at the intersection of Spencer Road and Mexico Road has just one more hurdle to clear before it can rebuild following January's fire. Circle K sustained such significant damage in the blaze that the city required the store to apply for a special use permit and meet zoning standards that were put in place after the store originally opened.  So far the path toward re-opening has gone smoothly. The lone hiccup in the process has been a question about a white wall during the April 3 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Once that was settled, the commission approved the new site plan and made a recommendation to the board to …

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Circle K Plans to Reopen Fire-Gutted Gas Station

Julie Powers, St. Peters director of planning, community and economic development, says the city has met with architects to go over plans.

Circle K plans to reopen its gas station at 6105 Mexico Road after a fire destroyed the St. Peters station on Jan. 14. The fire started in a stock room in the back of the store after a furnace, which hung from the ceiling, heated up some combustible materials that had been stacked up very close to the heater.  "What happened was the day was very cold so it ran for a long time," Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Steve Brown. "It set the box of cups on fire."  The unintentional fire destroyed the building. Brown said the fire was one of the larger commercial fires to which Central County has responded.  No one was injured in the fire. Brown said despite the extreme cold and freezing water, no firefighters were injured …

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Cleanup Begins at Circle K Convenience Store After Fire

Crews were out early Tuesday morning cleaning up after the fire destroyed the St. Peters gas station store.

The morning after a massive fire at the Circle K in St. Peters, cleanup crews were at the scene picking up the damage. A fire that Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Steve Brown said may have started in a storage closet broke out Monday afternoon. Firefighters were on the scene for several hours battling the blaze.  Just after 10 a.m. on Tuesday the sound of a chain saw could be heard as crews began picking up and cleaning out the debris. A pile of rubble—notably the front mansard that displayed the Circle K logo—sat in front of the store as crews were working inside and out to pick up the mess.  "It's a total loss at this time," Brown said about the state of the building. 

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Joe Barker

11:56 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

The map on this page shows the home base of Central County (where the administrative offices are), not what house responded. Assistant Chief Brown said the crews were on the scene within minutes because the actual responders were so close by.   more ›

Fire Destroys Circle K Gas Station

Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Steve Brown said the gas station at the intersection of Mexico and Spencer Roads was a total loss after a fire Monday afternoon in St. Peters.

Circle K Gas Station Destroyed By Fire

Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Steve Brown said the gas station at the intersection of Mexico and Spencer Roads was a total loss after a fire Monday afternoon in St. Peters.

The Circle K gas station went up in flames Monday afternoon, completely destroying the building. Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Steve Brown said his department received the call just after 2 p.m. that the convenience store at the intersection of Spencer Road and Mexico Road was on fire. Crews responded promptly and at 3 p.m. were still battling the blaze. "First arriving crews got on the scene in just a couple of minutes and the building was already fully engulfed," Brown said. Brown said no one was injured in the fire.  "Everyone got out," Brown said. "And we've had no injuries to any fire fighters." Brown said CCFR has already spoken to employees who were working at the time of the fire and the department has a …

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Firefighters Battle Apartment Blaze Near Zumbehl and I-70 Intersection

The three-alarm fire began at 499 San Miguel Drive. No injuries have been reported.

Nearly 50 firefighters are battling a blaze at the Sandalwood Creek Apartments near St. Charles, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The three-alarm fire began at 499 San Miguel Drive, the report said. No injuries have been reported. Sandalwood Creek Apartments is located off of Veterans Memorial Parkway, just east of Zumbehl Road and offers one and two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom townhomes.  

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Man Pours Gas on House, Threatens to Burn It With Wife, Children Inside

St Peters Police said the family smelled gasoline fumes coming inside the house.

A St. Peters man poured gasoline on his wife's house Tuesday and threatened to light it with his wife and children inside. Joseph Bottini, 32, of the 800 block of Millwood Drive in St. Peters, was charged with third-degree domestic assault. The charge includes causing someone to fear personal injury. St. Peters Police said that Bottini poured gasoline on the house and doors while his wife and four children were inside. The woman and a 13-year-old child said they could smell the gasoline fumes inside the house. Bond was set at $30,000. Bottini also is banned from contacting the victims. Bottini also was charged with third-degree domestic assault in May. For more crime information on St. Peters Patch, see the following articles:

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Six Homes Damaged in Four-Alarm Fire at Heritage Landing Condo Complex

A pregnant woman was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Fire fighters were able to rescue several pets from the homes.

One woman was injured in a four-alarm fire at the Heritage Landing Condominium complex Monday morning that involved six homes.  The condo complex is west of Highway 364/Page Extension and south of Highway 94 in unincorporated St. Charles County. This building has 24 units total.  Central County Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Russ Mason said dispatchers got the call around 7:53 a.m. A fire in a commercial building is automatically a two alarm fire, but after crews arrived and discovered how heavy the fire was, they activated the third and eventually fourth alarms. According to KSDK.com, two firefighters were taken to the hospital for symptoms of heat exhaustion.  The fire burned away the the decks on the second and third floor of the back of …

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CCFR Responds to Fire at Vanderbilt Apartments

A fire broke out in the top floor of building six at the St. Peters apartment complex on Sunday evening.

A fire in the upstairs unit at the Vanderbilt Apartments on Sunday evening brought out crews from Central County Fire and Rescue and Cottleville.  Just before 5:30 p.m. crews arrived on the scene to respond to the fire. Fire fighters broke out a front window of the apartment to ventilate the smoke. While a large crowd of onlookers watched, crews quickly put out the fire. It is believed the fire started in the question of the top-floor unit. CCFR blocked traffic on Spencer Road while putting out the fire. 

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Early-Morning Collision Nearly Shuts Down Interstate-70

An incident involving a fire truck results in one dead following a crash early Thursday morning.