HARRISON — Firefighters quickly doused a water-heater fire at a home on Bolsters Mill Road at about 4 p.m. Wednesday. The owners of the 383 Bolsters Mill Road home and four dogs were there at the time of the fire, but all were reported safe, according to Kenneth Allderige, who lives next to the home. […]
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Fire destroys car in Norway
NORWAY — Fire destroyed a car on Patch Mountain Road on Tuesday morning, but the driver was not hurt. Mike Walker, 30, of Norway said he was on his way back from his parents’ Greenwood home when he noticed smoke coming from underneath the car’s hood and into the interior. He opened the engine compartment to […]
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With help, Minot family rebounding from Christmas Day fire
LEWISTON — Since a fire burned his Minot home on Christmas Day, Normand “Blackie” Labbe’s family has been working. On Jan. 17, they razed the remnants of the family’s 200-year-old farmhouse. A week later, they poured the foundation for a new home. Despite the bitter winter, Labbe’s five daughters and three sons became builders. While […]
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West Paris fire chief threatens resignation over safety concerns
WEST PARIS — Claiming town officials have been unresponsive to his repeated requests to improve fire safety in the town, fire Chief Norm St. Pierre submitted his resignation March 18. On Monday, St. Pierre said he has agreed to rescind his resignation from the force, but a final decision on whether to leave the department […]
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Animals feared lost in North Yarmouth barn fire
NORTH YARMOUTH (AP) — Authorities said a barn housing dozens of sheep and hundreds of chickens has been destroyed in an early morning fire in North Yarmouth. The exact number of animals that died has yet to be determined. The fire in the West Pownal Road barn was reported by the owners just after 2 […]
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Phillips loses plow truck to fire
PHILLIPS — A fast-moving fire reduced the town’s 2010 International plow truck to charred rubble Wednesday. The driver was not injured. Public Works employee Matt Stevens was plowing the remote East Madrid Road when he saw the flames shooting from the hood of the double-axle wheeler, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Stevens, also an experienced […]
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Boston mourns two firefighters killed in blaze
Tributes poured in for Lt. Edward J. Walsh, a 43-year-old father of three who had almost a decade of experience, and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, a 33-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran who had been a firefighter for more than six years. Thirteen other firefighters were injured in the blaze Wednesday in the city’s Back Bay […]
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Boston honors fallen firefighters
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick says “my heart and my condolences” go out to the families and colleagues of two Boston firefighters killed at a fire in the Back Bay. Lt. Edward Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy died Wednesday after becoming trapped in a burning apartment building. Patrick said the “terrible tragedy” is a […]
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Judge sets bail for Danforth couple arrested on meth charges after baby’s death
MACHIAS — A Danforth couple charged with manufacturing methamphetamine will receive court-appointed attorneys, a Washington County Superior Court judge decided Monday. Justice Robert Murray also set bail Monday for Allen Richardson and Tabbatha Osnoe, whose infant son died Friday morning and whose mobile home was heavily damaged by fire the same morning. Richardson, 39, and […]
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Building burns in Rumford
RUMFORD — A building reportedly was burning late Thursday on Isthmus Road. Several towns’ fire departments reportedly were sent to the scene. The fire reportedly was at 289 Isthmus Road, which is a little more than a mile from the intersection with Route 120. It is near Redhi Road. No other details were available.