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Auburn Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Almquist looks at a stove where an air fryer left on it caused a fire and damaged the kitchen Thursday morning at 92 Bennett Ave. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, but the house sustained water and smoke damage. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Auburn Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Almquist, left, talks Thursday morning with AFD Lt. Eddie Dippolito, second from left, Deputy Chief Matthew Fifield, third from left, and Chief Bob Chase, right, at 92 Bennett Ave. where an air fryer left on a stove damaged the kitchen and caused water and smoke damage to the house. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Auburn firefighters extinguish a fire Thursday morning at 92 Bennett Ave. that was caused by an air fryer left on a stove. The house sustained water and smoke damage. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Auburn Fire Chief Bob Chase, left, talks with a firefighter Thursday morning at 92 Bennett Ave. where an air fryer left on a stove caused a fire that damaged the kitchen. The house also sustained water and smoke damage. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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