ORRINGTON — An early Saturday morning blaze destroyed an attached garage and its contents and damaged a Kent Drive residence. No one was injured. Orrington firefighters were called to the home of Barbara Goss about 3:20 a.m., Assistant Fire Chief Scott Stewart said. When they arrived, the garage was fully ablaze, he said. A short […]
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Firefighters battle house fire in Dexter
DEXTER — Despite a major effort Friday, fire crews from Dexter and several nearby towns were unable to save a one-story ranch home at 612 Airport Road, the town’s fire chief said. Despite the subzero temperatures, firefighters were able to, with some difficulty and a measure of luck, maintain a steady flow of water at […]
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Mount Desert Island workshop destroyed by fire
MOUNT DESERT — A building used as a workshop and for storage by a local tree service company was destroyed by fire Thursday night, according to town officials. The building, located on Village Park Road off Route 102 in Somesville, was owned by Mount Desert Island Tree Service, local fire department officials indicated in a […]
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Faulty furnace likely cause of fire that destroyed Bangor mobile home
BANGOR — A faulty furnace was likely the main culprit in a fire that gutted a trailer at a local mobile home park on Thursday afternoon. Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Tom Higgins said crews were dispatched to Lot 13 at Pray’s Mobile Home Park off Finson Road shortly after noon. Higgins said fire was spewing […]
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Home fire in Orrington closes road, displaces family of five
ORRINGTON — A family of five who live on Clark Falls Road have lost their home to a New Year’s Day fire that ripped through the two-story structure, Fire Chief Mike Spencer said from the scene as firefighters from the region still worked to put out the flames. The fire was reported at about 2 […]
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Four departments help Leeds firefighters put out storage building fire
Someone who spotted smoke from the top of Quaker Ridge called in the fire at about 11 a.m., fire Chief Glenn Holt said. Nobody was at the nearby home at the time. Firefighters battled the blaze but were hampered by freezing temperatures and no available water source. They pumped water from a portable pool set […]
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Sanford home heavily damaged by kitchen fire
SANFORD (AP) — A fire in Sanford has destroyed a home and killed two dogs. Officials say the blaze broke out in the kitchen of the single-family Putnam Street home just before 1 p.m. Sunday. The resident was not home, but a neighbor called the fire department after spotting smoke. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and […]
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Spring fires changed the face of downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — It wasn’t just one shock to the downtown — it was three. Three fires downtown over the course of a week between April and May not only destroyed 10 large tenement buildings, putting dozens of families out in the street, it forced the city to double down on efforts to clean up the […]
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For survivor, fire just one blow in depressing year
LEWISTON — From apartment fires to a broken foot to biting dogs, it was too much for Adriana Garcia. “I just want my life back,” she said. “And I’m trying, but I don’t know how. It’s hard.” Garcia had returned to her 172 Bates St. apartment April 29 from a doctor’s appointment. She’d broken her […]
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Pets perish in Buckfield house fire
BUCKFIELD — Firefighters from seven towns spent hours Thursday night battling a fire that destroyed a two-story home on Paris Hill Road. The fire was reported around 9:30 p.m. at 362 Paris Hill Road. Crews arriving at the scene found an attached garage fully engulfed in flames that were rapidly spreading to the main house. No one was […]