OXFORD — Quick action by a neighbor may have saved a home from fire after a window-mounted pellet stove caught fire Wednesday. Oxford Fire Chief Scott Hunter said homeowners Bob and Cindy Lavertu weren’t at their home at 142 Robinson Hill Road when the stove caught fire. Neighbor Melvin May noticed the fire and called […]
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Employees put out fire at St. Mary’s hospital
LEWISTON — Employees quickly extinguished a small fire that broke out at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Monday night, saving the building from damage. The fire began in a rolling trash bin left near an elevator on the second floor, Lewiston fire inspector Paul Ouellette said. Smoke was first discovered coming from the bin, and […]
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Police: Man tried to set cruiser on fire
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Police say a man is behind bars after attempting to set fire to a Bangor Police Department cruiser parked outside the station. Lt. Steve Hunt says 61-year-old Ian Bodger was charged with felony arson after allegedly setting a fire under the cruiser Saturday. Hunt tells the Bangor Daily News (http://bit.ly/wBtW7g ) […]
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Livermore fire caused by faulty wood stove installation, official says
LIVERMORE — The cause of a fire that heavily damaged a house attached to the closed Carriage House Cafe on Route 4 Tuesday night was caused by a faulty wood stove installation, Chris Stanford, an investigator from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, said Wednesday. The fire started in the wall behind the wood stove in […]
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After fire and theft, a warm welcome back
LEWISTON — Their apartment building had an electrical fire. Thieves broke in and ransacked the place. Then, the community came through. Krystal Johnson said her son’s third grade classmates at Farwell Elementary School wrote cards and held a fundraiser. Strangers dropped off bags of toys and household goods. Her mother’s workplace bought baby gates, replacing […]
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Maine man guilty of arson at topless coffee shop
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A man blamed for a fire that destroyed a coffee shop where topless waitresses worked has been found guilty of arson. A jury convicted Raymond Bellavance Jr. on Friday after deliberating for four hours. Prosecutors said “anger and jealousy” caused Bellavance to set fire to the coffee shop, where his ex-girlfriend […]
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Waterford house damaged by fire
WATERFORD — A state fire investigator will visit a Deer Hill Road home Tuesday to try to determine what caused a fire that started on the deck and burned the front of the house Friday night, Waterford Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom Murch said early Saturday morning. No one was home at the time and […]
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Witness: Man poured gas, used lighter to set topless coffee shop ablaze
AUGUSTA — Thomas Mulkern stuck to his story like glue for more than two years: The 26-year-old Augusta man was in Portland when the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop burned down. On Friday, he told a Kennebec County jury where he really was in the early morning hours of June 3, 2009. Mulkern was with […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Woman, dog escape fire in Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — A 30-year-old woman and a dog named Fireball escaped unharmed when flames swept through a mobile home on Riverbend Road on Wednesday morning. Melissa David of 367 Riverbend Road and the 4-month-old mutt were able to run out of their home around 11 a.m. after a motorist, who remains anonymous, spotted the smoke […]
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House fire reported in Buckfield
BUCKFIELD – Four fire departments are responding to a report of a house fire on Railroad Bed Road, a dirt road that runs parallel to Route 140 in Buckfield. According to emergency dispatchers, the fire was initially reported as a chimney fire and quickly spread to the home. Departments responding include Buckfield, Hartford, Hebron and […]