BUCKSPORT — More than 30 firefighters fought a fire at Sherwood Forest Mobile Home Park on Friday morning, officials said. Bucksport and Orland crews were dispatched to the scene shortly before 9 a.m., according to Bucksport firefighter Jared Bowden. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke inside the double-wide trailer, Bowden said, but no fire was […]
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Berwick woman injured in house fire dies
BERWICK (AP) — Public safety officials in Maine say a 63-year-old Berwick woman has died from injuries she suffered in a house fire. The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says Rebecca Galleshaw suffered severe smoke inhalation and was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Friday. Firefighters found her in her bed after they […]
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Livermore Falls fire due to grease left on stove
LIVERMORE FALLS — A fire that destroyed a mobile home and injured two people Monday was caused by an unattended pan of grease being heated on a stove, fire Chief Tim “TD” Hardy said Tuesday. Rodney and Evette Waldron lived in the home at 206 Haines Corner Road. They were taken to a Lewiston hospital […]
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Two people taken to hospital during Livermore Falls fire
LIVERMORE FALLS — Two people were transported to a hospital after a fire ripped through a mobile home Monday at 206 Haines Corner Road, fire Chief Tim “TD” Hardy said. A dog perished in the fire and two cats are missing, he said. The couple’s injuries are not life-threatening, he said. They were taken by […]
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Pickup truck burns in Bangor Wendy’s parking lot
BANGOR — A pickup truck was destroyed by fire in a fast-food restaurant parking lot Friday, officials said. The driver, who Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Rick Cheverie did not identify, was heading through the drive-thru window at Wendy’s on Union Street when she saw smoke coming out from under her dashboard. The driver wisely pulled […]
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Lewiston pot shed goes up in flames
LEWISTON — Fire destroyed a storage shed and six marijuana plants early Sunday morning, an official said. The cause of the fire was the “improper method of his growing operation,” fire investigator Paul Ouellette said. The call came in at 2:22 a.m. Sunday of a shed on fire at 19 Merton Blvd, he said. The […]
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Sullivan family loses home to fire for second time in six years
SULLIVAN — For the second time in the past six years, fire has destroyed the home of a family that lives on Quarry Road. On Friday, multiple pets, a truck, two cars and a boat were destroyed along with the house at 67 Quarry Road, the local fire chief said. No one was home at […]
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Rangeley house fire ruled arson
RANGELEY — A state fire investigator said Tuesday that someone intentionally set the fire that destroyed a two-story log vacation home on Furbish Road last week. “We have investigated the origin and cause. The origin is in the basement and the cause was intentional human element or arson,” Sgt. Joel Davis of the Office of […]
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Bangor woman recalls trying to save dogs from house fire
BANGOR — When the smoke alarms went off in Natachia Barlow’s rental home on Dillingham Street Friday afternoon, she thought someone had burned toast. “It’s always toast. It’s never a real fire,” she said Monday, standing outside the damaged two-story yellow house that is now condemned because of fire and water damage. Barlow, 39, arrived […]