ORRINGTON — Authorities say four bodies have been removed from the scene of a house fire Saturday morning. Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department says the bodies are those of a man and three children, and the state medical examiner is at the scene to assist in removing the bodies. Their identities were […]
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Fire damages kitchen in Paris home
PARIS — A kitchen fire at a home at 239 East Oxford Road was quickly doused late Thursday afternoon. Fire Chief Brad Frost said damage was isolated in the kitchen area. The cause was “most probably” a heat lamp that was being used to incubate eggs, he said. No one was home at the time […]
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Ex-worker pleads guilty to setting nuke sub fire at Maine shipyard
PORTLAND (AP) — A former shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused about $450 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine pleaded guilty Thursday under a plea agreement that could send him to federal prison for nearly 20 years. Casey James Fury, formerly of Portsmouth, N.H., waived indictment and pleaded guilty to two […]
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Utah man ordered to pay Maine $74,000 for fire
DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) — A Utah man blamed for causing a fire on a remote central Maine mountaintop has been ordered to pay the state nearly $74,000 in restitution for firefighting efforts. The Maine Forest Service announced Wednesday that Richard Wes Coers pleaded no contest this week to a charge of failure to extinguish a fire […]
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Electrical fire believed to have started in ceiling
NEW VINEYARD — A home at 92 Lake St. sustained minimal damage from an apparent electrical fire late Wednesday morning, officials said. There were no injuries. Celena Fletcher said her fiance, Sean Faris, came home for lunch and noticed smoke coming from the upper portion of the ranch-style house. The couple got their children, Damien, […]
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Fire destroys 147-year-old church
PEMBROKE (AP) — A small country church in the eastern Maine town of Pembroke has been destroyed by fire. The 147-year-old First Baptist Church was leveled by fire around noon Monday. Pastor Gary Kinney told the Bangor Daily News that firefighters believe the blaze was caused by old electrical wiring. Nobody was injured. Kinney, who […]
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Woman’s body found after fire
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Maine fire investigators say the body of a 62-year-old woman was found after firefighters extinguished a blaze in a house in Old Orchard Beach. Steve McCausland from the Maine Department of Public Safety says a team of investigators from the fire marshal’s office was at the scene Tuesday afternoon to […]
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Fire destroys storage trailer in Wales
WALES — A fast-moving fire destroyed a trailer that was being used for storage late Sunday night, but two people who live at the property were not harmed. Victor Rodrigue looked out of the window of the camper he rents from Martin Finley Jr. at 199 Oak Hill Road and noticed an orange glow in […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Fire consumes Oxford garage
OXFORD — A local man lost his auto repair garage at 42 Old County Road to a fire Wednesday night. Fire Chief Scott Hunter said Phil Perkins was in his house next to the garage when he spotted flames coming through the roof at about 7:15 p.m. “He lost everything,” Hunter said. The building was […]
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Fire hits Lewiston apartment buildings
LEWISTON — Dozens of people fled their homes early Wednesday night after a fast-moving fire erupted at an apartment house on Pierce Street. One man was being treated for breathing problems while police and fire crews searched for other potential victims after the blaze swept through 80 Pierce St. and spread to nearby buildings. Tony […]