Fire officials had previously said that 191 homes had burned, the most in state history. The High Park Fire is the second-largest wildfire and among the most expensive in Colorado’s history. It has scorched more than 130 square miles and was just 45 percent contained on Sunday, The Denver Post reported. With a total of […]
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Auburn family escapes fire
AUBURN — A family of four is being relocated by the American Red Cross after firefighters contained a fast-moving fire at a home at 19 Bramblewood Road likely caused by lightning. Firefighters were called to the two-story house just after 4 p.m. Auburn Deputy Chief Geoff Low said two people were on the first floor. […]
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Lightning believed cause of Paris barn fire
PARIS — Firefighters from three towns quickly snuffed out a barn fire at Rosebeck Farm on East Oxford Road on Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Brad Frost said he believed lightning from a quick-moving storm that blew through the area struck the metal support beam in the barn at 486 East Oxford Road. It set a […]
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Maine shipyard probes new fire near nuclear sub
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A Maine shipyard is investigating what caused a small fire outside a nuclear-powered submarine that was severely damaged by another blaze last month. The fire was reported about 7 p.m. Saturday in the dry dock where the USS Miami is located, The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard said. A shipyard employee doused the […]
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Durham contractor loses office building to fire
DURHAM — An unused office building at Copp Construction on Pinkham Brook Road was destroyed in a fire of undetermined origin early Friday morning. Chris Stanford of the State Fire Marshal’ s Office and Durham fire Chief Bill St. Michel sifted through the ruins Friday morning and although they couldn’t pinpoint a cause, it is […]
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Old Town crews contain kitchen fire quickly on lieutenant’s final day on the job
The 28-year veteran, who is retiring after his shift Friday, responded to one last call Friday morning when a fire broke out in the kitchen of an apartment building on the corner of Stillwater Avenue and Veazie Street. “There was a room full of smoke when we showed up, a good buildup of smoke coming […]
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Two boys arrested in Standish church fire
STANDISH, Maine — Two boys reportedly have been charged with arson in connection with a fire on Mosley Road that destroyed a historic chapel. The boys were arrested, according to the Portland Press Herald. Standish Fire-EMS went to The Richville Chapel around 1:30 p.m. after a report of a fully involved structure fire. Firefighters had […]
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Maine Forest Service provides wildfire training
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Firefighters from across Maine are finishing up two weekends of training at the 10th annual Maine State Wildfire Training Academy. Forest rangers from the Maine Forest Service are providing instruction on how to battle fires in Maine’s vast forestlands. Topics include digging fire lines, deploying fire shelters, cutting down trees with […]
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Navy blames sub fire on heat source in vacuum
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A fire that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to a dry-docked submarine started when an industrial vacuum cleaner sucked up a heat source of some type that ignited debris inside the vacuum, the Navy said Friday. The vacuum had no apparent defect and was not plugged in when […]