skowhegan fire department
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2022
Three adults, two children displaced when fire destroys Skowhegan home
About 40 firefighters from several towns responded to a fire at 15 Cedar Ridge Drive, only a couple of hundred feet from Cedar Ridge Center, a nursing and rehabilitation facility.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2021
Fewer candidates, and less qualified ones, lead to staffing woes for central Maine fire stations
The fire chief in Skowhegan, Shawn Howard, says he has 15 openings for firefighters, and he's not confident he can fill them all anytime soon.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2021
Fire destroys large commercial garage in Athens, drawing 12 fire departments
Firefighters were able to save two nearby buildings and a lot of equipment Saturday at Linkletter & Sons Inc. at 115 Harmony Road, but a 60-by-100-foot large commercial garage was destroyed.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2020
Skowhegan officials say shoe glue may be to blame in New Balance chemical incident
Skowhegan Fire Chief Shawn Howard and New Balance planned additional investigation Monday morning.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2020
Early morning fire at Sappi woodyard extinguished in Skowhegan
A fire at the Sappi mill in Skowhegan occurred early Saturday morning.