LISBON — Fire Chief P. Sean Galipeau estimated damage at $50,000 in a smoky house fire at 4 Angel St. in Lisbon Falls on Wednesday afternoon. There were no injuries. An investigator from the Office of the State Fire Marshal is expected visit the scene Thursday to help determine a cause, Galipeau said. Mr. and […]
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Maine family loses home to fire
PITTSFIELD (AP) — A Maine family of six is homeless after fire ripped through their Pittsfield home while they were away. Pittsfield Fire Chief Bernard Williams says the couple and their four children will be staying with a relative. No one was injured in the fire, which was reported at about 2:50 p.m. Sunday. About […]
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Three families escape injury, lose belongings
JAY — A fire that destroyed a three-story apartment building at 24 Jewell St. was started by a 2-year-old boy in a second-floor bedroom, State Fire Marshal investigator Edward Hastings IV said late Thursday afternoon. No one was injured in the 9:55 a.m. blaze, but three families — a total of 12 people, six of […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Falls fire ruled arson
LIVERMORE FALLS — Officials say a fire that damaged The Treasure Chest thrift store on Depot Street early Wednesday was intentionally set. State fire investigators Edward Hastings IV and Chris Stanford were called to inspect the scene. “We have determined it was an arson fire,” Livermore Falls fire Chief Gerry Pineau said. Anyone with information […]
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String of fires keeps local departments busy
Volunteer fire departments have been running full steam over the last week as a string of fires in Western and Central Maine. At least six buildings have been destroyed by fire since last Tuesday, including homes in Readfield, Wilton, Otisfield, Harrison and West Paris, and commercial buildings in Norway and Bridgton. Fire crews have also […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Trapp Road slaughterhouse fire ruled arson
AUBURN — State fire marshals ruled Tuesday that an early-morning fire at a proposed Trapp Road slaughterhouse was arson. The fire was reported a few hours after the Auburn City Council voted to allow a developer to present a controversial plan for the slaughterhouse. Sgt. Joel Davis, an investigator for the State Fire Marshal’s Office, […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Electrical problems spark fire in Paris
PARIS — Norway and Paris firefighters responded to an electrical fire at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in an apartment building at 36 High St. According to Paris Fire Chief Brad Frost, no one was hurt and residents are back inside. Frost said an electrician was working on the building after the fire, and there may […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Family safe in Greenwood fire, cause unknown
GREENWOOD — The fire chief said he doesn’t know what started a fire late Monday night that burned a family’s home at 19 Bird Hill Road. Fire Chief Al Curtis Jr. said Noel Hasenfus and her husband escaped the blaze uninjured. Their child wasn’t at home when the fire started. “They got out with just […]
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House burns in Greenwood
GREENWOOD — Fire departments from several towns were at the scene of a house fire at 19 Bird Hill Road early Tuesday morning. A dispatcher at the Greenwood Fire Station said ambulances were at the scene, but there were no reports of injuries. The Greenwood Fire Department was called about 11:30 p.m. Monday, and called […]