READFIELD (AP) — Fire officials in Maine are investigating a blaze that damaged a lake house. The Kennebec Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2sE3xv2 ) firefighters responded to a call about a house fire on Maranacook Lake in Readfield around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze. Central Maine Power Co. also responded to the […]
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Street Talk: A life up in flames
The man with the sooty face stood in the dancing glow of flames and watched his home burn to the ground. He stood with his arm around the shoulders of his sobbing wife and just watched it happen. His face didn’t express much, although I could see the muscles of his jaw bulging below the […]
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Pakistan raises death toll to 157 from fuel truck fire
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of a massive fuel tanker fire as authorities on Monday raised the death toll from the blaze to 157. The truck, carrying some 25,000 liters (6,600 gallons) of gasoline, was traveling from the southern port city […]
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Video: Large fire burns down historic mill in Sanford
SANFORD, Maine (WGME) – Viewer video shows a large fire in an old mill building in Sanford. Sanford police confirm they and the fire department are at the scene of the fire at the Stenton Trust Mill. Crowd control has been a very big issue for crews in Sanford Friday night. Police and fire from […]
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Fire devours home on Youngs Corner Road in Auburn
AUBURN — Fire devoured a house on Youngs Corner Road on Wednesday, forcing an 89-year-old woman to flee her childhood home. Witnesses said Marilyn Reilly escaped with her dog just before the sprawling two-story house was engulfed in flames. “We saw her in the road, running after her dog,” said Maxine Warner, a New Hampshire […]
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Lawmakers seek to cool controversy on open burn permits
AUGUSTA — Feeling the heat from constituents angry they may be forced to pay a $7 fee for open burn permits they have been getting for free through private online sites, lawmakers are trying to douse the controversy and cool off their constituents. Senators on Friday unanimously backed an emergency measure from Sen. Tom Saviello, […]
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Bethel house fire investigated
BETHEL — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that destroyed a vacant seasonal home at 1111 Mayville Road on Wednesday afternoon, Fire Chief Mike Jodrey said Thursday. “When a vacant house catches fire, something happened,” he said. The fire was called in by a supervisor for the Fire Marshal’s Office who spotted it […]
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Man injured in Bridgton home explosion, fire
BRIDGTON (WGME) — A man is injured after witnesses reported an explosion followed by a fire Tuesday night. The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. Crews responded to 3 Noble Lane where witnesses told the assistant fire chief that an explosion was heard. A man was hospitalized with unknown injuries, firefighters said, and the State […]
