LIVERMORE FALLS — About 40 firefighters from five departments battled a fire that ripped through a home and garage Wednesday afternoon at 17 Souther Road. The mobile home with additions, along with a garage and its contents, was destroyed. Property owner, Ted Soucy, was away for a couple days in Rangeley. His sister, Kim Cook, […]
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Firefighters save Rangeley house; sheds destroyed
RANGELEY — A fire that started from improperly disposed ashes destroyed two sheds on Spruce Street, off Route 4, on Saturday night. No one was injured and damage was estimated at about $20,000 to the shed and contents, fire Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. The fire was accidental and caused by improper disposal of wood […]
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Fire quickly doused at Two Bridges Jail; fire was reported in woodshop
WISCASSET — Officials say a fire in an industrial shop at Two Bridges Regional Jail was quickly doused. Firefighters said it took about an hour to put out the fire after it was reported around 6 a.m. Thursday. No one was hurt. The fire didn’t affect jail operations.
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Investigators to search for cause in Norway fire
NORWAY — State fire investigators are expected to return to 55 Harry Bell Road Thursday to try to determine what caused James and Marguerite Alberi’s two-story farmhouse to burn to the ground Wednesday morning, fire Chief Dennis Yates said. The couple were not home when the fire broke out and there were no injuries. Yates […]
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Elderly woman dies in fire in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Fire officials say a woman has died in a late night fire Tuesday that destroyed her home in Livermore. Dorothy Goding, 83, who lived alone at her early 1880s home on Poland Hill Road, died in the fire, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Spokesman Steve McCausland said the blaze was reported […]
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Augusta apartment fire that injured one ruled arson
AUGUSTA (AP) — Investigators say a blaze at an Augusta apartment building appears to have been intentionally set. The two-alarm fire at the five-unit Cedar Court building was reported at about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday. A tenant of a second-floor apartment, 59-year-old David Malia, was taken to the hospital in critical condition suffering from smoke inhalation. […]
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Fire damages West Paris home
WEST PARIS — The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a late-morning fire that damaged a single-family home Tuesday. Owner Shelly Swan escaped unharmed but was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway for an unrelated medical issue, fire Chief Norm St. Pierre said. Firefighters from six towns responded to […]
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Maine fire school to get federal money
BRUNSWICK (AP) — The Maine Fire Service Institute in Brunswick will receive $154,714 in federal money for training equipment. Rep. Chellie Pingree said Thursday that the money will come from the federal Assistant to Firefighters Grant program. She said it will be used to buy fire protection suits for instructors and portable radios for certification […]
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Still no verdict in triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]
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Four escape early morning fire in West Paris
WEST PARIS — Four people safely escaped their 19th century farmhouse early Tuesday morning when fire broke out in the chimney. Fire Chief Norman St. Pierre said firefighters responded to the home of Jack Roberts at 13 Tuelltown Road just before 8 a.m. after Roberts and his family discovered flames in the chimney. The flames […]