MINOT — Firefighters from several area towns late Wednesday night were battling an apartment house fire that could be seen from miles away. Crews from Minot, Mechanic Falls, Hebron and several other towns were at 712 West Minot Road where a building was fully engulfed. The fire was first reported at about 8:30 p.m. Minutes […]
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Burned sub expected back in service in 2015
GROTON, Conn. — A fire-damaged submarine is expected to return to Navy service by the middle of 2015 following the replacement of cables, pipes and other scorched interior components, the Navy’s top officer said Wednesday. Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of Naval operations, said the military concluded the USS Miami can carry enough of […]
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OPS driver Hewins released from hospital
Kyle Hewins was being prepared for discharge Monday night from Maine Medical Center in Portland, only 48 hours after he was severely burned in a freak accident at Oxford Plains Speedway. That the Leeds driver walked out of the hospital under his own power is something family, friends and eyewitnesses classify as nothing shy of […]
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Navy to repair sub that caught fire in Maine
While engineering assessments are ongoing, the Navy has decided to repair the USS Miami and is committed to doing so, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Courtney Hillson told The Associated Press. “Our goal is to return the Miami to the fleet because this makes sense operationally and fiscally,” Hillson said. There had been lingering questions over whether […]
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3 homicide victims in burned-out car identified
BANGOR, Maine — The state medical examiner’s office has positively identified the three people whose bodies were found early Monday in a car that was left ablaze in the back parking lot of a local business. Daniel Thomas Borders, 26, of Hermon; Nicolle Ashley Lugdon, 24, of Eddington; and Lucas Alan Tuscano, 28, of Bradford […]
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Burning roof collapses on South Portland firefighters
SOUTH PORTLAND — A blazing ceiling collapsed on firefighters battling back a second-floor flare-up early Wednesday morning, but everyone was able to escape the ordeal alive, firefighters on scene told the Bangor Daily News. The blaze, which decimated an apartment building at 554 Main St. and damaged the exterior of the structure next door, was […]
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Lightning strike causes house fire in Fayette
FAYETTE — No one was injured Thursday afternoon when a lightning strike started a fire at house on Young Road, fire Chief Marty Maxwell said Friday. About 30 firefighters from six towns in Lakes Region Mutual Aid responded to the lightning strike call at about 3:08 p.m. when it was confirmed it was a structure […]
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Fire crews battle Harrison barn blaze
The homeowners, Robert Boole and his wife, awoke to the smell of smoke at 2:20 a.m. and were able to safely leave their home and call 911, according to town manager George Finch. Firefighters arrived at the scene and discovered the large barn and ell fully involved, with flames spreading to the home, Finch said. […]
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Coast Guard rescues 2 fishermen and boy from burning fishing vessel near Jonesport
JONESPORT, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men and a boy from a life raft Thursday after their fishing vessel caught fire about 15 miles east of Jonesport. Coast Guard watchstanders received a relayed 911 call from state police at about 11 a.m. from the 42-foot commercial fishing vessel Promise Land, homeported in […]
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Poland home destroyed by fire
POLAND — A home on North Raymond Road was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning while the renters were away. Firefighters responded to a fire at 329 North Raymond Road just after midnight, according to Poland Fire Chief Mark Bosse. The property is owned by William and Ivy Brown of Poland, according to municipal property […]