PHILLIPS — Three people and a dog were rescued from their home on Main Street when water from the rising Sandy River began to flood the first floor, fire Chief James Gould said.

Wendy Lovejoy and her son and daughter were taken out by firefighters who pulled up to the house, he said.

The river is  behind the house where Main and Park streets meet.

Franklin County Emergency Management officials were watching the river and the home when Clyde Ross, spokesman for the department, spotted someone on the roof. He called the Fire Department and firefighters drove a vehicle through the water to the front door so the family could step onto the truck, Ross said.

The area was closed to traffic until 5 a.m. Monday. The river is still high but has receded to within it’s banks, Gould said late Monday.

Most every road in the Phillips and Avon area was closed during the storm, he said. The Fire Department spent most of the day either closing roads due to flooding or trying to open roads blocked by downed trees and power lines.

The town still did not have power as of Monday afternoon, he said.

The department also dealt with a bridge on Route 4 in Madrid, closing the road at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. A Maine Department of Transportation bridge expert reopened it to one lane before 8 p.m., he said.

Firefighters and town crews spent most of Monday repairing roads and getting them passable, he said. The town has sought financial help from Franklin County Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

There’s been a lot of property damage with trees coming down on houses and camps but no one has been injured, he said.

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