Sumner firefighters battle blaze, protect surrounding woods
SUMNER – A hunting cabin was razed and about one-half acre of adjacent woods scorched Monday from an unexplained fire on Andrews Road.
The cabin was unoccupied at the time of the fire and its ownership hadn’t been determined Monday afternoon.
Firefighters from Buckfield, Canton and West Paris assisted the Sumner Fire Department in surrounding the 450-square-foot camp and keeping the flames from doing more extensive damage.
Assistant Sumner Fire Chief Wally Litchfield said the structure was fully engulfed when a neighbor called in the fire prior to 11 a.m. The camp had already burned to the ground when fire departments arrived, he said.
Forester Brad Bucknell said the firefighters were fortunate that a road in front of the cabin and a trail on one side helped keep the fire in check.
He praised the response of the fire departments for quickly controlling the blaze.
Litchfield said it took about 15 minutes to subdue the fire; crews spend more than two hours checking for hot spots and dousing embers.
A fire crew covered the scorched area with foam to prevent flare-ups.
Tri-County Rescue was standing by at the scene.
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