NORWAY — Fire ripped through a six-unit apartment building at 73 Beal St. on Wednesday afternoon, displacing eight people and leaving questions about whether the structure can be repaired. The landlord, Peter Berube, and three tenants, including a couple and their infant, were home at the time and managed to escape unharmed. The fire started […]
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Posted inRiver Valley
Fire burns Lake Anasagunticook camp flat
CANTON — An early-morning fire destroyed a Lake Anasagunticook camp and took the lives of two dogs, investigator Dan Young of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday afternoon. The camp on Main Street was burned “flat by the time the Fire Department got on scene,” he said. The fire was reported after 5 a.m. […]
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Fire levels Norway house
NORWAY — Two people were left homeless after an early-morning blaze destroyed a farmhouse. The blaze occurred at 209 Frost Hill Road, a remote, dead-end road atop a low hill about 5 miles from Pennesseewassee Lake. The fire destroyed a house and attached barn. Two horses and a dog were rescued by firefighters. Fire Chief Dennis Yates […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Fire destroys camper in Sandy River Plantation
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A fire that destroyed a 32-foot camper Wednesday was most likely caused by an electrical malfunction behind a refrigerator, Rangeley Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said Thursday. The camper was parked on the property of its owner, William Keirstead, at 6 Dad’s Way, off Route 4. No one was staying in it. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Peru fire chief gets scare when home address pops up as fire locale
PERU — Fire Chief William Hussey was driving home from a wedding Saturday night when a text popped up on his phone from dispatchers alerting him to a fire at his home address. Shocked, he turned to his wife and asked her if she had left the iron on, Hussey said. They were about 10 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn house gutted by fire
AUBURN — A small house on Old Portland Way was gutted by a quick fire Tuesday night when the family was out to dinner, according to Auburn Fire Battalion Chief Dan Flanagan. Lawrence and Jorden Pooley and their two children had just returned home from dinner when they noticed smoke coming out of the front […]
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Woods fire spreads, devours barn in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — A garage burned flat on Gloucester Hill Road early Friday night in flames that spread from a woods fire. Crews from several area towns helped battle the blaze at 77 Gloucester Hill Road but by the time the flames were brought under control, the oversized two-car garage was a total loss, with […]
Posted inFranklin
Livermore house fire of unknown origin, official says
LIVERMORE — The cause of a fire that destroyed a large, two-story home on South Road on Friday is undetermined, Fire Chief Donald Castonguay said Tuesday. The ruling was made by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, he said. “It was too far gone,” he said of the home owned by Dale Boothby, who lived […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Livermore home leveled by fire
LIVERMORE — A fast-moving fire Friday afternoon destroyed a large two-story home on South Road. Livermore Fire Chief Donald Castonguay said homeowner Dale Boothby and co-occupant Donnie Foster left the home to plant potatoes and looked up five to 10 minutes later, saw smoke and went running back. “By the time we got back, the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Dog alerts homeowner when Pettingill Street house starts to burn
LEWISTON — John Goddard flipped on the television and had started to eat dinner when his dog, Abby, started barking — a lot. “Abby kept barking toward the back door, out through the hall in the upstairs living room,” Goddard said. “She kept barking and I thought maybe somebody broke in. She was going really […]