JAY — A family of three and two dogs escaped injury early Wednesday when a television caught fire in a bedroom and spread to a dresser it was on at a mobile home on BJ’s Lane, Assistant fire Chief Mike Booker said. Jessica Zamudio had fallen asleep with the television on and woke to find it […]
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Bethel man dies in Wednesday morning fire
BETHEL — A man died in a Wednesday morning house fire on Elm Street, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. Joshua Piawlock, 39, died in his second-floor bedroom. The State Medical Examiner’s office reported Piawlock died of smoke inhalation, McCausland said in a news release. Also in the house were Piawlock’s girlfriend, Lucinda Bilodeau, […]
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Firefighters battle garage blaze in Blue Hill
BLUE HILL — Nearly 50 volunteer firefighters from four communities quelled a dramatic fire Sunday afternoon that consumed a three-story garage on Pleasant Street and sent flames and clouds of black smoke shooting high into the sky. No firefighters were injured while fighting the fire, which threatened nearby structures including the owner’s home and the […]
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House fire kills man in Manchester
MANCHESTER — A 57-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to Maine State Police. Investigators believe the man, whose body was found in a second-floor bedroom of the Granite Hill Road home, was Samuel Spinicci, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Saturday evening. The fire is […]
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Fire officials offer kitchen safety tips
In observance of Fire Prevention Week, Lewiston Fire Prevention Officer Paul Ouellette offers the following facts and tips on kitchen safety. U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 156,600 cooking-related fires between 2007-2011. The fires caused 400 civilian deaths, 5,080 civilian injuries and $853 million in direct damage. * Two of every […]
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Man sets himself on fire on Mall in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation’s capital as passers-by rushed over to help put out the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon. The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man’s identity was not disclosed. But it occurred in public view, […]
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Hampton, N.H., death investigated as homicide
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says a man found dead at his home in Hampton was killed in a homicide. Authorities say an autopsy has determined that 56-year-old Robert Roderick died of multiple blunt impact injuries to his head. His death has been ruled a homicide. Roderick was found dead around […]
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Tenants rousted by late-night fire in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Tenants of a three-story apartment building were cleared from their homes late Friday when fire in a basement burned up through the walls and into the upper floors. Crews from Lewiston and Auburn went to 98 Blake St., near the corner of Blake and Ash streets, where thick smoke began pouring out of […]
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Fire consumes barn in West Paris
WEST PARIS — A barn was destroyed Tuesday by a blaze that ignited a propane tank and sent a plume of smoke high enough to be seen from Auburn. Fire departments from at least eight towns responded to the fully engulfed barn at the Inn at Pinnacle Mountain. Flames consumed a large barn, but the […]
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Following fire, Turner rallies
TURNER — Ralph Caldwell faces a massive cleanup after fire destroyed his dairy barn Sunday on North Parish Road, but he remains grateful for so much help. “People just keep coming and helping,” the owner of Caldwell Family Farm said, telling how some friends took a week of vacation from their jobs to come out […]