HIRAM — At least four dogs and an unknown number of puppies perished in a blaze that destroyed a home on Durgin Town Road on Friday night, according to Fire Chief James Siracuse. The family of seven who resides there was not home at the time of the fire, he said. Firefighters were dispatched to […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Family Dollar in Bangor damaged by fire
BANGOR — A fire swept through the Family Dollar store at 89 State St. on Monday morning, heavily damaging the discount retail establishment. Thick, black smoke was pouring out of the front of the business at the intersection of State Street and Broadway when firefighters arrived. The blaze was reported shortly before 10:30 a.m., Bangor […]
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Posted inOxford Hills
Hair dryer used on frozen pipe causes fire at Oxford home
OXFORD — Fire broke out in a home on Rowe Lane when heat from a hair dryer used to warm a frozen pipe caught an exterior wall on fire Thursday night. According to Fire Chief Scott Hunter, the fire started on an exterior wall of a 1½-story house at 67 Rowe Lane, off Rabbit Valley […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Firefighters battling blaze in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Fire crews from several towns were on Canton Point Road after a home was reported in flames shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Early reports were that occupants of the house at 1169 Canton Point Road escaped without injury, but the wood framed, single-story house was said to be engulfed. Firefighters from Rumford, Peru, Mexico and […]
Posted inFranklin
Electrical short leads to trailer fire in Carthage
CARTHAGE — Fire destroyed a vacant mobile home on West Side Road on Wednesday afternoon after water from a leaking roof caused an electrical short, fire Chief Dan Skidgell said. There were no injuries, he said. Firefighters from Carthage and Weld found the home engulfed in flames, Skidgell said. “The fire quickly engulfed the entire […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Selectmen reject loan for Fire-Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — A split Board of Selectmen opted not to spend $18,000 in loan interest for items removed from the original Fire-Rescue Station project after learning of yet another problem Tuesday night with the roughly $1 million building. Selectmen voted 2-1 to hold off on spending the money until the station, which is located on […]
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Permit issued to tear down site of deadly fire
PORTLAND — The city of Portland has granted a permit to tear down an apartment building in which six people died in a fire in November – the state’s deadliest fire in 40 years. The permit issued on Friday gives the owner 30 days to demolish the 95-year-old building. That Nov. 1 fire was ruled […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Investigators say 6-year-old boy started New Auburn fire
AUBURN — Fire investigators said a 6-year-old boy started an early-morning apartment fire at 46 Fourth St. that left 43 people homeless. The child set his bed on fire in a fourth-floor apartment while playing with a lighter. According to investigators, he found his mother, who was in another room, and told her about the […]
Posted inFranklin
New Sharon, Farmington firefighters stop fire from spreading
NEW SHARON — Firefighters on Wednesday stopped a chimney fire from spreading into more than one wall at a home at 523 Mile Hill Road, fire Chief Roger Foster said. The owner, whose last name was not immediately known Wednesday, reported the fire at about 9:30 a.m. About a dozen firefighters from New Sharon and […]
Posted inFranklin
Fire destroys Livermore Falls house
LIVERMORE FALLS — A fire that destroyed a house on Metzger Lane on Sunday morning is believed to have started in the basement when a spark from a wood stove caught a wood pile on fire, fire Chief Tim Hardy said Monday. The wood pile was opposite the stove, about 3 feet away, he said. […]