LEWISTON — Firefighters are battling a blaze at a three-story apartment building at 80 Pierce St. “Flames are pouring out of the roof,” neighbor Don DeWever said. He said the fire was in the back of the L-shaped building. Power was out in the entire neighborhood, he said.
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Man arrested after attack, fire
DAYTON — State police say a Saco man attempted to kill at least one woman before barricading himself inside a Dayton structure Tuesday. Police arrested Donald Henson, 47, of Saco on charges of aggravated attempted murder at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday after a nearly four-hour standoff at 645 Goodwins Mills Road, where the primary home on […]
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Lewiston fire quickly extinguished
Lewiston firefighters quickly extinguished a fire that spread from a stove to kitchen cabinets at 25 Howe St. in Lewiston late Wednesday morning.
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French fries spark Pittsfield apartment blaze
PITTSFIELD (AP) — Fire investigators say a woman making a late night snack of french fries sparked a fire in a Pittsfield apartment building that left 12 people homeless. The fire late Saturday night into Sunday morning started when a woman in a third-floor apartment left the kitchen briefly and the grease caught fire. Everyone, […]
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Canoeists ‘saved by Batman’
AUBURN — Walking away from the boat launch after rescuing a Bates College senior and her father Saturday afternoon, Dick Vautrinot snickered, “they were just saved by Batman.” Vautrinot owned and operated Accurate Wildlife for 20 years, where he developed exclusive techniques specifically for bat and bird exclusions. BATMAN is the vanity plate on […]
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Fire destroys Fort Kent auto dealership
FORT KENT — For the second time this year , a major fire has destroyed a downtown business. Crews from seven departments responded to the fire at Valley Auto GMC dealership on West Main Street Wednesday around 9 a.m. and found the structure totally involved. By 10:45 a.m., an excavator was tearing down what was […]
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Clothes dryer suspected in Farmington fire
FARMINGTON — A clothes dryer is suspected as the cause of a Sunday evening structure fire on Route 4, also known as the Fairbanks Road. The two-story home of Aaron and Jody Meader and their 2-year-old daughter was in flames as firefighters from several surrounding towns arrived about 8 p.m. The wall behind the dryer […]
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Fire damages Lisbon home
LISBON — A broken water main hampered efforts as firefighters battled a blaze at about 1:20 p.m. Wednesday at 67 Frost Hill Road. Christina Siragusa, who owns the house, said she and her boyfriend, Jesse Doiron, were in the basement when they heard a loud bang upstairs. They went to investigate and found the garage […]
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Two juveniles charged in Sanford fire
SANFORD (AP) — Authorities have arrested two juveniles in connection with a fire at a Sanford community center. The fire in the locker room at the Nasson Community Center in the Springvale section of town was reported at about 5 p.m. Sunday. The fire was put out quickly with only a small amount of damage. […]