SUMNER — Extreme temperatures, ice-covered roads, frozen lines and freezing pumps created real challenges for volunteer firefighters very early Thanksgiving morning as they battled two house fires within hours of each other, the first in Sumner and a second in Dixfield. That was doubly true for volunteers from Peru and Canton who responded to both […]
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Homes burn in Sumner, Dixfield
SUMNER — Fire destroyed a home on Gammon Road on Thursday in an early-morning blaze that brought firefighters from several towns. The home was said to be a total loss, although early reports were that nobody was injured in the fire. A few hours later, a mobile home burned in Dixfield, sending a family scurrying […]
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Fire destroys house and barn in Hiram
HIRAM (WGME) — A barn and a house were destroyed in a fire Thursday night, according to the Hiram Fire Department. Officials said they were called to the property on Hampshire Street around 8:45 p.m. They said when crews arrived, the barn had already burned to the ground and the house was fully engulfed in […]
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Paradise lost: The sweet life of a town wiped out by wildfire
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There’s a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. “Boys,” said the team boss, “this is paradise.” Thus, more than […]
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Firefighters put out Mexico garage fire
MEXICO — Crews from several towns battled a garage fire late Thursday night on Back Kingdom Road. Mexico firefighters were joined by crews from Rumford, Dixfield and Peru after the blaze was reported at about 10 p.m. The garage was said to be fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. It was believed the fire […]
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Authorities investigating fatal fire in Oakland
OAKLAND — Authorities are investigating a fire Tuesday night on Sawtelle Road that claimed the life of a person in a camper, the fire chief said. The State Fire Marshal’s Office on Wednesday morning said the man who died is believed to be 46-year-old William Halley. His body has been taken to the State Medical […]
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Fire destroys hunting camp, ATVs in Jay
JAY — A hunting camp owned by a Vermont man and two side-by-side ATVs were destroyed by fire Friday night, Fire/Rescue Chief Mike Booker wrote in a text Saturday. The camp off Morse Hill Road burned to the ground, he wrote. The fire was reported at about 8:50 p.m. Firefighters were called back at about […]
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South Portland firefighters pull unconscious woman from burning house
Firefighters pulled an unconscious woman from a burning house in South Portland late Wednesday night. Deputy Chief William Collins said firefighters were able to rescue the woman from the second floor of the home within 5 minutes of arriving at 13 Kincaid St. The fire was reported at 11:25 p.m. and all but one family […]
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New South Portland fire truck catches fire during training
The city of South Portland said it will conduct an internal investigation to determine how firefighters on Tuesday damaged a brand new, $1.1 million Pierce ladder truck during a training exercise. The city said a crew of three firefighters were training in the rear parking lot of the Cash Corner fire station when the truck’s […]
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Camp owner burns hands quelling fire in Sandy River Plantation
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A Rhode Island man received minor burns to his hands Tuesday when he tried to put out a fire at his camp at 40 South Shore Drive, Rangeley Fire Rescue Chief Michael Bacon said Thursday. The fire started in the first-floor bathroom where David O’Brian was fixing a leak. Flames spread […]