SKOWHEGAN — A camp on the Notch Road Extension caught fire Saturday night while the people staying there this weekend had dinner in town, according to Capt. Rick Caldwell of the Skowhegan Fire Department. The camp was consumed by the fire, despite efforts made by firefighters from several towns to save it. “Luckily nobody got […]
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Cigarette blamed for Maine house fire
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Firefighters say a cigarette is to blame for fire that caused major damage to a South Portland home. The fire at 35 Park Ave. was reported a little before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters are calling the fire accidental. Parts of the inside and outside were damaged. No one was hurt.
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Fire kills 1 in coastal Maine town
BRISTOL (AP) — The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire in which a woman was killed and a man was injured. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says the fire broke out in the attached garage of a house at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, and a couple in their 60s or […]
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Mother who survived deadly Orrington fire trying to heal
BANGOR — The mother of three who lost her children and her husband in a deadly Orrington house fire nearly a month ago says she has “to leave the past in the past” in order to heal, and she is urging people to cherish every moment life has to offer. “Coming out of a situation […]
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Factory fire: global commerce, global tragedy
In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes. Even in ruins, there’s no missing that these T-shirts and jeans were intended for U.S. stores and shopping carts, designed as bargains too good to pass up, […]
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Pet boxer dies in Norway fire
NORWAY — A pet dog died in a house fire on Gore Road on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters from more than half a dozen towns responded to the call at 1058 Gore Road shortly before 3 p.m. The home is owned by Tom Farrington and Allison Henderson. Only the 7-year-old boxer named Lexie was inside the […]