JAY — About 40 firefighters from three towns responded to a fire at Verso Paper Corp.’s Androscoggin Mill at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Verso’s fire brigade fought the fire before they arrived. No one was injured. The fire was in an insulated gas pipe outside the paper mill between the power house and the pulp mill, […]
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Fire heavily damages bedroom in Jay house
JAY — A fire at a house at 14 Church St. early Saturday was caused by an unattended candle knocked from a shelf to a bed, Assistant Chief Mike Booker said Tuesday. The fire was reported just after 2:30 a.m. and contained to the bedroom in the two-story house, he said. Heavy fire damage occurred […]
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Fire destroys Kennebunk home, firefighter injured
KENNEBUNK (AP) — The state fire marshal is investigating a fire in Kennebunk that destroyed a 153-year-old home and sent a firefighter to the hospital. Officials say the fire began about 10 a.m. Monday in a two-story home on Alfred Road. Kennebunk Fire Rescue EMS Division Chief Andrew Palmieri tells the York County Coast Star […]
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Four people rescued after boat caught fire in Portland Harbor
PORTLAND — A Coast Guard crewman said that four people aboard a boat that caught fire Sunday afternoon at the entrance to Portland Harbor were lucky that a Good Samaritan boater was nearby. No injuries have been reported in the fire, which took place at about 12:30 p.m. Petty Officer Cody Seevers of Coast Guard […]
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Fire that damaged Waterville house was arson, officials say
WATERVILLE — Officials have determined a fire that damaged a vacant house on Elm Court last weekend was started intentionally. Sgt. Ken Grimes of the state fire marshal’s office said Friday authorities have ruled out accidental causes. The Aug. 25. fire started on the first floor of a vacant house around 1:25 a.m. Waterville Fire […]
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Wilton officer douses kitchen fire
WILTON — A police officer used his cruiser’s fire extinguisher to put out flames on the kitchen wall of a house on Main Street early Wednesday evening. Wilton firefighters and police responded to the report of a structure fire at 5:51 p.m., police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. Police Sgt. Chad Abbott and officer Derek […]
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Lightning, fire and hail keep fire crews hopping
WATERFORD — A lightning strike caused a “full-blown structure fire” on Lewis Pike Road on Wednesday night and different forms of mayhem were reported elsewhere. Fire crews from four towns were at 75 Lewis Pike Road late Wednesday after a house was ignited by lightning, Waterford Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom Murch said. The owner, […]
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Teenager hears smoke detector, alerts families to Livermore Falls fire
LIVERMORE FALLS — A 16-year-old girl is being credited with saving the lives of her mother and a family they were staying with fire ripped through a mobile home at 160 Pine Ridge Loop early Wednesday. Kaitlynn Hall heard what she thought was an alarm clock but it turned out to be a smoke detector […]
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Fire consumes house on Patch Mountain Road in Norway
NORWAY — A cooking accident ignited a fire that destroyed one of the town’s oldest houses Wednesday afternoon. The Jonathan Swift House at 6 Patch Mountain Road was “a total loss,” fire Chief Dennis Yates said Wednesday night. He said a male, who Yates declined to identify, escaped unharmed. Owners Edward and Jill Gabrielsen and […]
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Libraries raise funds to help build Lac-Megantic library
FARMINGTON — When the downtown area of Lac-Megantic was destroyed in the deadly July 6 oil train derailment, the Quebec town also lost its library, the Bibliotheque de Lac-Megantic. Libraries across the state are joining to raise funds to help rebuild the library. Donation cans are available for the next few weeks at the circulation […]