A fire was reported around 11 pm Friday night at the JMG Equipment Company in Holden- MO at 306 East 2nd Street.
Holden is a city of around 2500 people in southwestern Johnson County- about 40 miles southeast of downtown KC-MO..
Fire crews from Holden arrived and found heavy smoke coming from the business- and fire crews from throughout Johnson County as well as a truck from Odessa MO Fire would respond over the next 2 hours.
By around 12:30 am Saturday morning- about half of the structure was reportedly consumed in flames.
As of 6 am- most mutual-aid fire companies had returned to their stations- but Holden fire units remained on the scene overhauling hot spots.
There were no reports of any serious injuries and a state fire marshal was enroute to the scene from Chillicothe to investigate the cause of the fire.
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