NORWAY — A range of electronic devices will be available for residents who are curious to learn about their use at the Norway Memorial Library from Aug. 12 to 22. The Technology Petting Zoo, a traveling exhibit loaned to libraries by the Maine State Library, will provide an overview on how to use e-readers and […]
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Firefighters douse fire in Auburn
AUBURN — Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at 52 Summer St. Sunday night. According to Battalion Chief Scott Hunter, what was initially reported as a bathroom fire just before 8 p.m. turned out to be burning cardboard in a first-floor storage room. Auburn Engines 3, 5 and 2 flanked the street as well as […]
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Two men injured in Turner fire
TURNER — Two men were burned Monday afternoon while attempting to put out a fire that eventually destroyed a garage and mobile home on Route 4. The property, just north of the intersection of Harlow Hill Road, is owned by Linda Childs. Childs’ adult son, Guy Childs Jr., and a family friend, Mike Cottle, were […]
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Arson not considered as cause of Roxbury fires
ROXBURY — Roxbury fire Chief Ray Carver said Thursday that arson is not being considered as a cause of the two fires that occurred an hour and a half apart at a Roxbury residence Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters from both Mexico and Roxbury fire departments originally responded at 2:14 p.m. to a fully-involved vehicle fire at […]
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Lewiston fire rousts dozens from Blake Street apartment
LEWISTON — Dozens of people were rousted from their apartments Thursday after fire ripped through a ceiling in a six-story apartment house on Blake Street. Fire and police ushered several families from their homes at 220 Blake St. after flames were reported on an upper floor at about 6:30 p.m. Police said everybody from the […]
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Monday night fire destroys snack shack at Mexico Recreation Park
MEXICO — Fire departments from Mexico and Rumford responded to a fire late Monday night that eradicated the snack shack at the Mexico Recreation Park, Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said Tuesday. Wentzell said that reports of a fully involved structure fire at the Mexico Recreation Park “came in around 11:45 p.m.,” and that firefighters […]
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Fire scorches Pine Street porch in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Improperly disposed smoking materials were to blame for a porch fire that drove two families from their home Monday evening. Lewiston firefighters worked quickly to knock down the second-story fire that broke out around 9 p.m. at 197 Pine St. Ashley Burnham said she was home preparing dinner with her brother and father, […]
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Philadelphia fire kills 4 kids, engulfs 10 houses
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fire raced through a row of two-story homes in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday, killing three 4-year-olds and a baby and engulfing at least 10 houses, officials said. A woman and three other children escaped through a second-floor window. The blaze began shortly before 3 a.m. and was brought under control in about […]