JAY — A lightning strike caused a fire at a chicken barn Monday night at 296 Old Jay Hill Road, Mike Booker, Jay Fire-Rescue assistant chief, said Tuesday. “You can see where it hit the back of the building” and caught the back of the shed-type coop on fire, he said of the lightning. All […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway camp destroyed in blaze
NORWAY — A 40-year-old camp on Pennesseewassee Lake was destroyed by fire Wednesday night but no one was hurt in the fast-moving blaze. Firefighters from five departments battled the fire on Sandy Shore Lane, struggling to get equipment down the narrow, dead-end camp road. “Once one truck went in, that was it,” Norway Assistant Fire […]
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Lewiston firefighters quickly douse trash fire
LEWISTON — Police and fire officials were investigating Thursday night after a pile of trash went up in flames next to a College Street garage. At about 8:30 p.m., several people called to report a garage up in flames behind an apartment house at 142 College St. When fire officials arrived, they found a mound […]
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Lightning sparks fire in Portland; damage estimated at $200,000
PORTLAND (AP) — Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a fire at a used car dealership in Portland. The Portland Fire Department says the fire Thursday morning was contained quickly but the single story building is no longer safe to occupy. No one was hurt. The damage is estimated at over $200,000.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Tractor muffler ignites Newry hayfield
NEWRY — A hot muffler that fell off a tractor ignited farmer Les Robinson’s hayfield late Tuesday afternoon on Bear River Road, Newry fire Chief Bruce Pierce said. He said the fire, which was extinguished quickly, burned an area roughly 100 feet by 50 to 100 feet. Firefighters from Bethel, Newry and Rumford responded. Pierce […]
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King calls volunteers from western Maine, ‘the best of America’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a brief speech late Monday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, praised the volunteer firefighters from western Maine that travelled to Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to help contain tragic fire there last week. King, speaking from the floor of the U.S. Senate, hailed the 30 firefighters from Eustis, Rangeley, Farmington, Phillips, Strong, New […]
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Fire levels historic Dover-Foxcroft farm
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every available firefighter in the region rushed to a fire at a historic 1914 farm on Shaw Road on Sunday afternoon, but nothing could stop the fast-moving flames, Fire Chief Gerald Guyotte said. “It’s burned flat,” the chief said of the fire at 257 Shaw Road, which leveled the 50-foot-tall barn and the […]
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Firefighters battle train car fire in Topsham
TOPSHAM — Firefighters from at least five towns were at the scene of a fire in a train car at Grimmel Industries on Sunday afternoon. At 3:15 p.m., Topsham Fire Chief Brian Stockdale said the fire was still smoldering. The fire did not extend to an adjacent four-story building. Crews received reports of an explosion […]
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First victim of train disaster identified
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The first victim of a runaway oil train’s explosive derailment in a Quebec town was identified Thursday, more than five days since the disaster, which left behind a scorched scene so dangerous that it slowed the search for 50 people presumed dead. Quebec’s premier toured the traumatized town and sharply criticized the […]
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N.Y. building blast and fire shatter windows, injure 12
NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion inside a Chinatown building on Thursday led to a fire and a partial collapse, injuring a dozen people, including firefighters. Three of those injured were hospitalized in serious condition. Injuries to the other people, including the four firefighters, were less severe and included burns. An emergency call about the […]