LEWISTON — Lewiston and Lisbon firefighters responded to a structure fire at 379 Lisbon St. just after 3 p.m. Tuesday Smoke was reported coming from the four-story apartment bulding next to the Lewiston Pawn Shop. The sprinkler system was activated, keeping the fire in check until firefighters arrived. The Lisbon truck was in Lewiston helping […]
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Investigating fire’s cause likely to be ‘long process’
LEWISTON — Fire officials said Tuesday they were no closer to learning the cause of a blaze that swept through three apartment buildings Monday, displacing 75 people from 35 units. Due to the extensive damage to the three-story apartment building at 105 Blake St., where investigators believe the fire started, it will be a “long […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Fire-damaged house to be ‘gutted,’ owner says
JAY — The owner of a Spring Street home that was damaged by fire Sunday said his insurance adjuster told him the two-story structure would have to be gutted. The damage was much more than the $20,000 reported by the Sun Journal on Tuesday, Donald Knight Jr. said Tuesday. The fire started when a lamp […]
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PHOTOS: Blake Street fire in Lewiston
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Fire destroys 3 Lewiston buildings
LEWISTON — Three, three-story apartment buildings in the downtown area were destroyed in a fire late Monday afternoon that left 75 people homeless and caused minor injuries to some firefighters, officials said. The fire started in a three-story building at 105 Blake St. just before 4:30 p.m. and spread to two neighboring three-story buildings at […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
No one injured when baby’s changing table catches fire in Jay
JAY — No one was injured Sunday afternoon when a lamp on a baby’s changing table caught fire at a house at 2 Spring St. Damage was estimated at about $20,000, Jay fire Assistant Chief Mike Booker said Monday. About 40 firefighters from six departments responded to the 1:14 p.m. fire at the two-story home […]
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Maine Forest Service warns of high fire danger
GRAY (AP) — The Maine Forest Service is warning of high fire danger conditions across the entire state. Officials said a lack of rainfall has made for dry conditions, with several wildfires being reported in recent days. Over the weekend, firefighters and the Maine Forest Service were called to a fire in Livermore Falls where […]
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Winds kindle woods fire in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Winds on Friday afternoon are believed to have reignited a permitted burn at 19 Holman Road off Route 2, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said. Heat and flames from the one-care fire also melted siding on the house at that address before firefighters from Dixfield, East Dixfield, Peru, Mexico and Rumford arrived to […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Hebron fire kills nearly two dozen animals
HEBRON — Almost two dozen ducklings and chicks were killed Wednesday when fire raced through a small chicken coop and a doghouse on Hebron Station Road. Firefighters from Hebron and surrounding towns were called to 998 Hebron Station Road around noontime but found the fire out when they got there. Fire Chief James Trundy said […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Neighbors, passers-by help owner of burning Otisfield home
OTISFIELD — A quick-thinking Norway man may have saved an 1840s farmhouse from burning to the ground Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters from 10 towns in Oxford and Cumberland counties rushed to the scene at 998 Bolsters Mills Road, within sight of Bolsters Mills Village, just after 3 p.m. when fire broke out in a chimney. The […]