NAPLES — Fire departments from five towns responded to a house fire at 71 Harrison Road on Tuesday night, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department officials said. The two-alarm fire was called in just before 7:15 p.m. Naples, Casco and Harrison fire departments went to the scene of the blaze, while the Waterford and Bridgton departments provided […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Business destroyed in early-morning Buckfield fire
BUCKFIELD — A dog-grooming business burned to the ground early Wednesday morning on Bear Pond Road. No one was injured in the blaze at Marie’s Pet Retreat, which provided boarding for animals, said Assistant Chief David Knox of the Buckfield Fire Department. The building at 464 Bear Pond Road was owned by Marie McCafferty, Knox […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Bliss Thru Shopping: Playing with fire
Last weekend, Shopping Siren met her friendly neighborhood firefighters. The full story is complicated, but suffice it to say that water dripping from an electricity-filled circuit-breaker box? That’s bad. Bad, and wrong. Granted, it wasn’t my first brush with a fire hazard over the years. I’ve dealt with small grease fires and pet-chewed cords and, […]
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Paris home burns: Hunter spots fire, alerts family
PARIS — A family with a 7-month-old baby was left homeless by a fire Thursday morning that destroyed the home they were renting. Samantha Bean, her boyfriend, Nick Merrill, and their baby daughter were awoken by pounding on the door and escaped the fire, WGME-TV reported. A fast-moving blaze swept through the two-story, single-family home […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
One hurt in early Sunday blaze
One man was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a fire ripped through a one-story home on the north shore of Sabattus Pond in Greene. The lone occupant of the home at 83 Sanborn Road, whom fire officials believed to be the owner of the structure but would not identify, was taken to a Lewiston hospital, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Firefighters squelch fire, save home
LIVERMORE FALLS — No one was injured Sunday when a chimney fire extended into the second-floor walls at a residence at 171 Park St., fire Chief Gerry Pineau said. About 35 firefighters from four towns responded to the chimney fire reported about 1:44 p.m. at Joe Chabot’s residence, he said. When firefighters first arrived, they […]
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House burns in Lisbon
LISBON — A house on Route 196 was damaged by fire Wednesday evening. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 7 p.m. It was unknown whether anyone was home at the time. Traffic on Route 196, also known as Lisbon Road, was slowed to one lane and was diverted into the flea market parking […]
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Woman dies in fire
BELFAST (AP) — Maine fire officials say a cigarette is likely to blame for a fire that killed an 81-year-old Belfast woman. According to the state fire marshal’s office, Carol Howard’s nightgown caught fire after she apparently fell asleep sometime Tuesday while smoking in a chair in her mobile home. Investigators say she collapsed in […]
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Maine teen dies after suffering severe burns
MADISON, Maine (AP) — An official from the Maine Fire Marshal’s office says a Madison teenager burned after a friend poured gasoline on a fire has died. Officials say that 17-year-old Daniel Pomerleau died Sunday at the Shriners Hospital in Boston. Sgt. Ken Grimes of the state fire marshal’s office says two 17-year-old boys were […]
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Radner will share ‘Stories of the Brownfield Fire’
SEBAGO — Some Mainers still remember October of 1947, when, after a season of terrible drought, wildfires burned all over the state of Maine. Brownfield was one of the worst-hit areas. Eighty percent of the town, including all churches, schools, post offices and other public buildings, was completely destroyed in the span of a few […]