CASCO (AP) — Fire officials in Maine are investigating a blaze that destroyed a two-story garage. WMTW-TV reports crews responded to the Casco home around 6 p.m. Thursday. Authorities say firefighters contained the blaze but the garage was a total loss. The garage belonged to former Casco fire chief Norman Judkins. Judkins says he kept […]
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Family left homeless after New Vineyard fire
NEW VINEYARD — Crews on Wednesday battled a chimney fire that spread to the walls of a home on High Street. When the first fire crews arrived, they reported flames and smoke coming from the second floor of the single-family home at 2 High St. No one was hurt in the 4 p.m. blaze, but […]
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Donation account set up for Farmington man who lost house to fire
FARMINGTON — An account has been set up for donations for Hollis Rackliffe, 86, a disabled veteran, who lost his home and belongings at 167 Morrison Hill Road to fire on Friday, Nov. 17. Firefighters believe the fire started around the wood stove. Rackliffe escaped with only the clothes he had put on when he […]
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Livermore couple escapes fire, home destroyed
LIVERMORE — A couple is safe after fire destroyed their home on River Road on Wednesday morning. Timothy Spencer had fallen asleep in his recliner and woke up to see fire in the corner of the mobile home, Fire Rescue Chief Don Castonguay said. “It is probably what saved them,” he said. Spencer and his […]
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Fire destroys barn in Sumner Monday
SUMNER — A fire late Monday afternoon destroyed a barn on Starbird Road. Sgt. Tim Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s office said Tuesday morning that he was on his way to the scene, at 35 Starbird Road, to assist the Sumner Fire Department with an investigation into the origin of the fire. Grimes said the […]
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Heat lamp used to warm pig possible cause of Winthrop fire
WINTHROP — A family of three is homeless after a two-story home with an attached garage was destroyed by a fire Thursday afternoon at 145 Maranacook Road in Winthrop. A mother, Cathy Halsey, and her son who lived in the home noticed the fire after it started in the garage, said Dan Brooks, chief of […]
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Durham mobile home fire injures five
Firefighters look through the rubble of a mobile home that was destroyed in a fire Saturday morning at the Country Acres mobile home park in Durham. (WGME 13 photo) DURHAM — Five people were hospitalized after a fire broke out in a mobile home Saturday morning at a mobile home park. Three residents of the […]
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Wellman Street fire doused quickly
Lewiston firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on the second floor of 25 Wellman St. in Lewiston Tuesday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Grafton Township fire contained
GRAFTON TOWNSHIP — The nearly 10-acre woods fire off North Road near Silver Stream and Success Pond was fully contained as of Wednesday night, according to Newry Fire Chief Bruce Pierce. Crews are working on the many hot spots in the center of the 8- to 10-acre blaze, he said. “The reality is that these […]
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Fire destroys shed, damages house in Strong
STRONG — A fire destroyed a shed Tuesday morning and heavily damaged an attached ranch-style home at 283 West Freeman Road, Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said. State fire investigators Kenneth MacMaster and Jeremy Damren determined the cause was electrical and accidental and the fire started in the shed, Boyd said. Occupants Derick Allen and Lilly […]