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Train locomotive catches fire
MONMOUTH — Police say a train locomotive caught fire in the Maine town of Monmouth. The fire happened at 7 a.m. at a train track crossing over a road. WCSH-TV reports that it took about 20 minutes to get the fire under control and no one was injured.
ATF using computer model to find cause in fatal Portland fire
PORTLAND (AP) — Scientists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are using a computer model to re-create the conditions of an apartment fire that killed six people in Portland in November. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1GLfGd2 ) reported that the computer model could provide answers about how the fire started, why it […]
Overnight fire destroys old Vienna farmhouse
VIENNA — A man and woman escaped a fire Sunday that destroyed an old farm house at 11 Vienna Mountain Road, fire Chief Brian Church said Monday. No one was injured. Firefighters were called out at 10 p.m. Church, who lives nearby, said as soon as he got out the door and saw the blaze, […]
Early morning fire flares up at Wells transfer station
WELLS — Fire crews were called to the scene of a three-alarm fire at the Wells transfer station early this morning, WMTW News 8 reported. Captain Jeffrey Cullen with the Wells Fire Department told News 8 the fire began about 3 a.m and was fully involved when crews arrived. The fire was contained and no […]
Second fire burns an Augusta apartment building
AUGUSTA — A second apartment building has burned in Augusta, which was home to five people homeless, according to a report by CBS 13. The fire burned on State Street, but no one was injured, the report stated. The Augusta fire chief told CBS 13 that the fire was not suspicious, but the cause is unknown. […]
Teen indicted in fire that killed 2
ALFRED — A York County grand jury has indicted a teenager on arson and murder charges in connection with a September fire that killed two people in Biddeford. Dylan Collins has been in custody since his arrest in November. The 18-year-old was transferred to a hospital on Nov. 20 with injuries after jumping off the […]
More than 2 dozen displaced by Augusta fire
AUGUSTA — More than two dozen people are homeless after an overnight fire destroyed an apartment building in Augusta. The fire started about 2 a.m. and Augusta Fire Chief Roger Audette says a portion of the four-story apartment building later collapsed. All the residents who were home at the time were able to escape. The […]
Adler praises area fire departments
OTISFIELD — Len Adler, a selectman and Fire Department lieutenant, Wednesday praised the efforts of Otisfield and area fire departments for their work battling the fire at Garry and Debbie Dyer’s home Nov. 23. The couple’s two-story home, barn and business at 624 Route 121 were destroyed. State fire investigators said the cause was possibly […]
Fire heavily damages kitchen, living room of Rangeley home
RANGELEY — Improperly discarded smoking material caused a fire late Friday afternoon that heavily damaged the kitchen and living room of a house at 428 Rumford Road, fire Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. There was heat and smoke damage throughout the rest of the two-story house, he said. He estimated damage at $130,000. Timothy Gotto […]