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Truck battery explosion and fuel fume exposure

E Mercer St, Jasper, MO 64755 - 6/7/2026 02:39 PM

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews and EMS were dispatched to a reported vehicle battery incident near East Mercer Street in Jasper. A truck was reportedly smoking and filled with fuel fumes, and the driver may have inhaled fumes. The truck was located near the entrance of a gas station, and there was no active fire reported.

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Barton County / Lamar Public Safety
02:20
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00:00
Jasper Fire and Mercy EMS respond to explosion at (number withheld) East Mercer Street, (number withheld) East Mercer Street, cross of North Sixth Street and ramp onto I-49 .
00:11
RP advised that a leaf battery,
00:14
a leaf lower battery blew at (number withheld) .
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