MINOT — Hours after Normand “Blackie” Labbe’s 200-year-old farmhouse burned, the 83-year-old father of eight shrugged off the loss. “Nobody was hurt,” Labbe said. “Nobody.” Despite the Christmas afternoon fire that destroyed his home, Labbe went to work Thursday morning. He smiled as customers and friends walked into Blackie’s Farm Fresh Produce in Auburn, many […]
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Fire destroys Waterville company
WATERVILLE (AP) — Authorities said a Christmas Day fire that destroyed a flooring business and injured the owner was caused by careless disposal of wood ash. The Waterville Fire Department said in a statement that Wednesday’s blaze at Grenier’s Classic Flooring was caused when ash from a wood stove that was put in a plastic […]
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House severely damaged by fire in Minot on Christmas
MINOT — Firefighters from seven towns put out a fire at a single-family home on Jackson Hill Road on Christmas afternoon, fire Chief Dean Campbell said. The fire was reported by a passer-by at around 3 p.m., Campbell said. “When we arrived, fire was showing on the second floor out of a bedroom.” The homeowner […]
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Washburn man goes back into burning house to rescue cat
WASHBURN — A man went back into his burning house to rescue a cat, then had to jump out a second-floor window to safety, fire officials reported late Saturday. Leon Howe smelled smoke in his two-story house on Main Street and opened the basement door to investigate, where he saw smoke and flames, according to […]
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Former church burns in Auburn
AUBURN — Firefighters from half a dozen towns battled a blaze on Penley Corner Road on Friday as a former church went up in flames. The first calls came in at about 6:30 p.m., with witnesses reporting the building was completely engulfed in flames. “It was quite the glow in the sky,” one fire official […]
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Coplin Plantation man thankful no one hurt in fire
COPLIN PLANTATION — Steve Clark is thankful no one was hurt late Monday night when a fire destroyed the home he and another couple and a baby were staying in at Hedgehog Village. “Nobody got hurt. We didn’t get hurt. The firefighters didn’t get hurt,“ Clark said. A chimney fire spread into the walls of […]
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Firefighters fight flames, cold in Coplin Plantation camp fire
COPLIN PLANTATION — Four people, including a baby boy, escaped injury late Monday night when a two-story camp they were renting on Warrens Way in Hedgehog Village was destroyed by fire, Eustis fire Chief Sprague Wise said Tuesday. The camp is owned by Steven Warren of Florida. The names of those staying there were not […]
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Fire marshal investigating cause of fatal house fire in Perry
PERRY — The Maine state fire marshal was on the scene Sunday morning of a fatal house fire on Birch Point Road. According to Perry Fire Chief Paula Frost, the body of the homeowner, whose name is being withheld pending notification of family members, was discovered outside of the engulfed, two-story home Saturday afternoon. Cause […]
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Marijuana plants removed from Lewiston fire scene
A Lewiston Police Department spokesman declined to talk about the removal of the plants and whether they had a connection to the fire, which was reported before 3 a.m. and closed down portions of Oxford and Lincoln streets. Lincoln Street opened a few hours later, and Oxford Street reopened just before 11 a.m. Damage to […]