LEWISTON — An overnight electrical fire early Sunday left about a dozen people without housing, according to the Fire Department. The fire at a multifamily apartment building at 242 Park St. was reported at 12:07 a.m. Sunday, according to firefighters. The fire started in the first-floor, front apartment in an electrical wall outlet, according to […]
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Livermore Falls man charged in arson case
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man accused of setting fire to his father’s garage last month turned himself in to authorities Thursday, after being released from a hospital, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a news release. Colton Webster, 26, was booked at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn, where he […]
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Heat pump sparks fire that levels Paris business
Flames consume the Pampered Pups dog grooming business at 41 Western Ave. in Paris early Thursday morning. An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office said a malfunctioning heat pump sparked the blaze, which left owners Steve and Carole Barrett homeless. (Chuck Blaquiere photo) PARIS — A sergeant with the State Fire Marshal’s Office said […]
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Fire destroys Titcomb Mountain timing building, equipment
FARMINGTON — A fire Monday night destroyed a ski timing building and an estimated $20,000 worth of timing equipment at Titcomb Mountain Ski Area, Fire/Rescue Chief Terry Bell said via email Tuesday night. It was started by an electric heater that was used to keep the timing equipment warm at the ski slope, he said. […]
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Fire damages Livermore house
LIVERMORE — Firefighters quickly doused a kitchen fire at a home on Norlands Road on Tuesday night, Fire Chief Don Castonguay said Wednesday. More than 30 firefighters from five departments responded to the call at about 8 p.m., Castonguay said. Flames could be seen in the kitchen when they arrived, he said. The house is […]
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Carrabassett Valley house fire ruled accidental
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A fire that destroyed a home on Fox Hollow Road last week originated near a wood stove in the living room, Fire Chief Courtney Knapp said Tuesday. “It was truly an accidental fire,” he said. A woman who was a guest at the rented two-story house escaped safely from the burning structure, […]
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Washington woman finds purpose year after deadly fire took husband, son
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Rhodes lay in the emergency room of the PenBay Medical Center in Rockport with burns on her forehead and shoulder and the feeling that her scalp was on fire. When one of the technicians working in the trauma room leaned in to tell her she was cutting away her nightgown, Rhodes said […]
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Fire destroys home in Carrabassett Valley
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A woman safely escaped a fire Thursday night that destroyed a home on Fox Hollow Road, Fire Chief Courtney Knapp said Friday. The woman, who was a guest at the rented two-story house built in the early 1970s, reported the fire at about 8:45 p.m. About 25 firefighters from Carrabassett Valley, Eustis, […]