LEWISTON — A fast-moving grease fire destroyed the first floor at 101 Pine St. early Saturday afternoon, leaving 10 people homeless. Fire Inspector Paul Ouellette said police received a call for help at about 1:15 p.m. A woman in the apartment had been heating oil to cook dough for lunch when a grease fire erupted. […]
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Chimney fire guts Bath home of church pastor
BATH, — Pastor Charles Nece was watching television Saturday afternoon while his wife, Avis, walked their dogs with their granddaughter, Aftyn. Then he heard the smoke detectors, left the two-story, single-family home at the corner of High Street and Denney Road, and called 911, just before 3:30 p.m. When his wife and granddaughter returned, they […]
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Fire destroys Carthage shed; Jay brush fire burns quarter-acre of grass
CARTHAGE — Firefighters from Carthage, Weld and Dixfield rolled out just after midnight Saturday to a structure fire on River Road. They arrived at Mary Evans’ home at 188 River Road to find a 12- by 16-foot shed/lean-to fully engulfed in flames, Carthage fire Capt. Larry Blodgett said early Saturday evening. Blodgett said he arrived […]
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Lewiston firefighters battle Spring Street blaze
LEWISTON — Firefighters battled an apartment fire on the second floor of a Spring Street building at noon Friday. The blaze was not accidental, fire investigators said later in the day. By Friday night, the cause was being investigated by Lewiston Fire Inspector Paul Ouellette and the police department’s Criminal Investigation Division. Jessica Kuvaja said she […]
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Gray firefighters battle Route 115 blaze
GRAY — Firefighters are battling a fire at an apartment building on Route 115. The fire is at 93 West Gray Road, also known as Route 115. The road is re-opened after it was closed due to the fires. More details will be posted as they become available.
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Frankfort fire destroys home
FRANKFORT — A family is homeless after a fire Monday afternoon destroyed their Swanville Road house and killed three pets. Chief Roy Stone of the West Frankfort Fire Department said Tuesday that a neighbor reported the fire about 2:30 p.m. Monday. Firefighters who went to the home found no one there but windows were beginning […]
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Cat blamed for New Hampshire apartment fire
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A cat is being blamed for a two-alarm fire in an apartment in Laconia. Fire Chief Kenneth Erickson says the fire started at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday after a cat knocked over a lamp inside a bedroom. Erickson told WMUR-TV the apartment house had working smoke detectors and everybody made it […]
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Corinna dairy farm barn destroyed by fire
CORINNA — Fire crews from seven towns battled a barn fire on Thursday afternoon. The storage barn at Simpson View Farms on the Corinna Center Road was engulfed in flames by the time fire crews arrived, Corinna Fire Chief Leslie Bolstridge said. “Upon arrival, one whole side was completely engulfed. The building being metal, it […]
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Fire causes minimum damage to New Vineyard house
NEW VINEYARD — A house at 525 Anson Valley Road was damage Friday morning after a chimney fire spread to a wall in the living room, fire Chief Doug Churchill said. The home belongs to Jim Russell and Bonnie Sawyer. Sawyer was home and called in the fire at 9:37 a.m., he said. When firefighters […]
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Fire razes house in Turner
TURNER — Firefighters from seven towns responded to a fire that destroyed a two-level house and a garage on Chase Road on Tuesday afternoon. Fire Chief Michael Arsenault said owner Mary Ruchinskas was not home at the time of the fire, and no firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Arsenault said neighbors reported the fire […]