Traffic on Elm Street passes Elm Towers on Monday in Waterville. One person died and three were injured in a fire at the building earlier in the day.

Firefighters gather Monday during the aftermath of a deadly fire at Elm Towers on Elm Street near downtown Waterville.

People walk past Elm Towers senior apartment complex Monday on Elm Street in Waterville. Above them can be seen smoke damage around a fourth-floor window. One person died in a fire there early Monday and three others were injured.

Firefighters including Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler, second from left, talk Monday outside Elm Towers following a fire that killed one person and injured three others.

Misty Lewis, left, looks toward the Elm Towers apartment complex on Elm Street in Waterville after coming to the building Monday to check on her ex-husband, Roland Chase, who was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation following a fire at the complex early Monday. At right wearing a vest is Chase’s daughter, Kellie Thompson, who responded to the fire on behalf of the American Red Cross. One resident of the building was killed in the fire and three others, including Chase, were injured.

A person equipped with a breathing device enters the Elm Towers apartment complex Monday at 60 Elm St. in Waterville.

Firefighters take a breather Monday as they finish their work at a fire that killed one resident of Elm Towers at 60 Elm St. in Waterville.

Smoke damage can be seen Monday outside a fourth-floor window at Elm Towers apartments at 60 Elm St. in Waterville. One person was killed in the fire and three were injured.

A firefighter puts away gear Monday during the aftermath of a fire at the Elm Towers apartment complex on Elm Street near downtown Waterville. Firefighters at right hold up a sheet to shield the body of a person who died in the fire and was being removed from the building.