PORTLAND — The apartment house in Portland where a fire killed six people on Nov. 1 was in foreclosure. The Portland Press Herald reports that this summer, landlord Gregory Nisbet was given 300 days to buy the Noyes Street home back from the bank for more than $300,000. The paper cites records from the Cumberland […]

PORTLAND — Nearly 200 people gathered in Portland’s Longfellow Park on Tuesday night for a vigil to remember the six people who died this month just a short walk away in what was Maine’s deadliest fire in four decades. The 20-24 Noyes St. blaze has tested the city on multiple levels. In addition to the […]

PORTLAND — Mourners are planning a Monday night vigil for the victims of a house fire that killed six people in Portland on Nov. 1. WMTW-TV reports the vigil will take place in Longfellow Park on Noyes Street, the street where the burned house is located. Authorities say they are still investigating the cause of […]

PORTLAND — A Maine man who authorities originally said fell to the sidewalk while rappelling down a fire escape after breaking into a Portland flower shop was actually part of a stunt that had gone awry. Ronald Podlaski told the Portland Press Herald on Monday he was trying to surprise a friend Saturday by sneaking […]

PORTLAND — Police have arrested a man they say injured himself when he fell from a rope he was using to rappel down a fire escape after breaking into a flower shop. Officers found the suspect lying on the ground on Congress Street in Portland at about 10 p.m. Saturday. The man was treated at […]

PORTLAND — A hospital spokeswoman says a man has died from injuries suffered during a weekend Portland house fire, bringing total deaths to six. The spokeswoman for Massachusetts General Hospital says 29-year-old Steven Summers of Rockland died Tuesday afternoon. He was severely burned during the Saturday morning blaze. The fire also killed Portland residents David […]