By Kelly Morgan,Staff Writer

WATERFORD – Fire officials have been unable to determine the cause of a blaze that leveled a house on Bear Pond early Tuesday morning.

“It’s been determined undetermined,'” Michael Keely, a senior investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office, said Friday. “I’m looking for any and all help that the public may be able to offer.”

Keely said anyone who saw any vehicles or persons near the blaze, may have seen the blaze start or may know something about the fire should call the fire marshal’s office at (207) 626-3870, or the Maine State Police dispatch center in Augusta at (800) 452-4664.

The fire was reported at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday on the property of Pamela Avedisian, who is from Winthrop, Mass. The large, unoccupied, unfinished home was on a sliver of land between the pond and Route 37, a half-mile from the Harrison and Bridgton town lines.

“The damage to the building was extensive,” Keely said, explaining why he was unable to figure out what started the fire. He said the house was destroyed, and the scene contained few clues.

Keely said he does not begin an investigation with the idea that a fire is suspicious. Because of the lack of clues on the Bear Pond site, however, he may do some routine checking on the owner.

Investigators for the fire marshal’s office may rule a fire incendiary arson, undetermined, accidental or natural, he said.

The two-story building was on the site of the former Jack Matlon cottage, which was built in 1972.

Avedisian and her fiance and home contractor, Gary Decicco, began constructing the larger structure from the cottage in 1997. In 1999, they were ordered by a District Court judge to lower the roof to 35 feet and pay $14,000 in fines and court costs for overbuilding in the shoreland zone.

The roof was lowered and all fines, court costs and taxes were paid and up to date, Selectman Charles Fillebrown said this week.

The town valued the property at $214,900.