MEDWAY — It was, Fire Chief Brian McLaughlin saw, something that could take days — smoke rising from smoldering embers somewhere within a cedar mulch pile as long as a football field and about 2½ stories tall. Speaking Saturday afternoon, shortly after firefighters concluded their 16-hour battle at Scott’s Co. fertilizer plant to find and […]
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Councilors confident about Pierce Street housing project
LEWISTON — Councilors said they hoped a public housing project proposed for downtown lots where apartment buildings burned on May 3 would make the area better. Volunteers of America Northern New England would bring meals, counseling and financial education to public spaces at their proposed Pierce Place development, Vice President of Business Development Julia Wilcock […]
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No injuries or ‘serious damage’ from fire aboard destroyer at BIW
BATH — A fire on a destroyer under construction at Bath Iron Works was extinguished without injuries Monday night, a BIW spokesman said. The fire, which was reported at approximately 7:30 p.m., occurred in an empty storage tank on the DDG-1001, the future USS Michael Monsoor, BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini said from the scene. Reports […]
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Fire destroys Kingfield house and garage-workshop
KINGFIELD — A family escaped injury Monday morning when a garage and workshop caught fire, which spread to the adjacent house at 289 Cedar St. “It was so fast … so fast,” Pat Tufts said. “I just didn’t believe it. We were inside and we heard a noise.” When Tufts and her husband, Tommy, looked […]
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Fire destroys Brooksville home
BROOKSVILLE — A fire of unknown origin destroyed a Brooksville home Saturday morning, fire officials reported. The 2-1/2 story house, located on Ferry Road, was a total loss, reported Brooksville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Matt Dow. “There’s absolutely nothing left,” he said. “It had a head start.” The home was of older construction, and Ferry […]
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Town demands answers after hydrant fails firefighters during North Yarmouth meeting hall blaze
NORTH YARMOUTH — Town officials want more information from the Yarmouth Water District after firefighters encountered a malfunctioning hydrant at the Aug. 29 Wescustogo Hall fire. Arson is not suspected in the fire, which destroyed the 6-decade-old centerpiece of the community, but a cause has not been determined. Fire Chief Ricky Plummer has said the […]
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Housing project seeks to reclaim units lost in May fire
LEWISTON — A proposed downtown project would resurrect 30 housing units lost in a May 3 fire that burned four apartment buildings and left dozens homeless. Volunteers of America hopes to build a housing development on lots at 110 and 114 Pierce St. and 145 and 149 Bartlett St. The buildings there were part of […]
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92-year-old burned in Brunswick house fire
BRUNSWICK — A 92-year-old woman was severely burned in a fire at her home on Beech Drive on Wednesday evening, police Lt. Todd Ridlon said in a news release. The woman was listed in very serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland, and officials had not yet notified her next of kin late Wednesday, […]
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Fire destroys Echo Lake Lodge in Fayette
FAYETTE — A fire that destroyed the main lodge at Echo Lake Lodge and Cottages on Tuesday is believed to have started in the attic or on the second floor, Readfield fire Chief Lee Mank said Tuesday night. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. “It is a total loss,” […]
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Firefighters extinguish pipe fire at paper mill
JAY — About 40 firefighters from three towns responded to a fire at Verso Paper Corp.’s Androscoggin Mill at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Verso’s fire brigade fought the fire before they arrived. The fire was in an insulated gas pipe outside of the paper mill between the power house and the pulp mill, Jay Assistant […]