PORTLAND — More than two days after a blaze tore through a historic island fort, causing as much as $9 million in damage to a property in the process of becoming a luxury hotel, a state fire investigator said the building may not be stable enough for a full probe into the fire’s cause. Sgt. […]
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Fire damages Livermore house
LIVERMORE — Fire damaged a house at 642 Federal Road near the intersection with Crash Road early Monday evening. Nobody was at the house owned by Michael Gammon. The house had been without power since Sunday’s powerful windstorm, fire Chief Don Castonguay said. Firefighters from Livermore, Jay and Livermore Falls and a rapid intervention team […]
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Rangeley fire chief says improperly installed wood stove caused house fire
RANGELEY — About 25 firefighters from Rangeley and Eustis extinguished a blaze Sunday at a house at 7 Robbins Ave., Rangeley fire Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. Firefighters had just returned from handling a tree on wires when the fire was reported at 1:04 p.m., he said. The family of Neal Stewart got out of […]
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Woman hurt, cat killed in Belfast house fire
BELFAST — Officials said a woman was injured and a cat perished in a Friday night house fire in downtown Belfast. Chief Jim Richards of the Belfast Fire Department said that Pamela Callaway, in her 60s, was able to flee her burning Pearl Street home and seek help at her next-door neighbor’s house. The fire […]
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Fire causes as much as $9 million in damage to historic island fort building in Portland
PORTLAND — An early morning fire Saturday did between $5 million and $9 million worth of damage to a historic island fort property being renovated as a hotel. According to an announcement Saturday morning by Deputy Portland City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian, the Portland Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 18 McKinley Court on […]
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Waldoboro man accused of setting fire that destroyed trailer he lived in
WALDOBORO — A man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire on Union Road in Waldoboro last week. Eric Buckley, 34, who resided at the mobile home, was taken into custody upon being released from VA Togus Hospital in Augusta on Friday, Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. […]
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Augusta woman charged with arson after North Street fire
AUGUSTA — Police arrested an Augusta woman Thursday night in connection with a fire on North Street. Christina Karod, 21, who resided in a third-floor room of a multi-unit building, is accused of arson, according to Department of Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The blaze, which Karod is accused of setting, broke out shortly before 8 […]
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6 dead after roof collapse at Latvian store
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Large sections of roof collapsed Thursday at a grocery store in Latvia’s capital, killing six and injuring at least 30, rescue officials said. Firefighters and soldiers were searching for survivors amid the debris. The collapse took down the Maxima supermarket’s high walls and windows in a ripple effect that filled the […]
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Fire destroys camp on Route 142
CARTHAGE — A fire destroyed a seasonal camp early Wednesday on Route 142, near Webb River and across from the Gobie Road, Carthage fire Chief Dan Skidgell said. Four firefighters and two trucks responded after a resident called a firefighter to report it, he said. Skidgell called 911 at about 3:16 a.m. to report the […]
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Chief: Five Livermore Falls fires since Aug. 28 not suspicious
LIVERMORE FALLS — Fire Chief Tim “T.D.” Hardy assured residents Monday night that the five fires in town since Aug. 28 are not suspicious. Three of them were leaning toward electrical issues, one was caused by the improper disposal of wood stove ashes and officials will probably never know what caused the other, Hardy said. […]