STRONG — A fire destroyed a shed Tuesday morning and heavily damaged an attached ranch-style home at 283 West Freeman Road, Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said. State fire investigators Kenneth MacMaster and Jeremy Damren determined the cause was electrical and accidental and the fire started in the shed, Boyd said. Occupants Derick Allen and Lilly […]
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Fire departments battle woods fire near Grafton Notch
GRAFTON TOWNSHIP — Fire crews Tuesday morning will resume battling a large woods fire off North Road near Silver Stream and Success Pond, Newry Fire Chief Bruce Pierce said Monday night. Pierce said he thinks the fire is somewhat contained, and crews will be on scene monitoring it overnight. The fire was called in at […]
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Woman, 2 children escape Livermore Falls fire
A fire that started around a wood stove destroyed the mobile home of Joshua Lola, 26, his fiancee, Erin Dyke, 21, and two young children Wednesday morning at 7 Laurel Lane in Livermore Falls. LIVERMORE FALLS — A woman and two young children escaped a fire that started near a wood stove Wednesday morning in […]
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Strong barn ignited by faulty wiring; chickens perish
A fire early Wednesday destroyed a barn and damaged a house owned by siblings Frank and Gayle Donahue on North Main Street in Strong. Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said the fire was determined to have been caused by faulty wiring connected to a chicken pen in the barn. Fifteen to 20 chickens perished in the […]
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Farmington fire cause is still undetermined
This mobile home at 422 Lucy Knowles Road in Farmington was destroyed by fire Saturday. The cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home Saturday at 422 Lucy Knowles Road in Farmington remained unknown as of Sunday morning, according to Farmington fire Captain Scott Baxter. Homeowner Gary Snow and his family lost everything in the fire, […]
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Fire destroys Southgate Restaurant in Bath
Bath Fire Department Capt. Mark Wood says the Southgate Restaurant is considered a total loss due to extensive smoke and water damage. BATH (AP) — Maine fire officials say a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant for workers at Bath Iron Works has been destroyed in a fire. Bath Fire Department Capt. Mark Wood says fire […]
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Kitchen fire damages Portland fire station while crews are out
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fire that caused damage at a Portland fire station. Fire officials say the blaze broke out around 6 p.m. Sunday, and that firefighters had to return when a couple of hot spots flared up Monday morning. Firefighters were responding to a separate call when smoke […]
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Sabattus mobile home destroyed in early-morning fire
SABATTUS — No one was injured in an early-morning fire Sunday that destroyed a mobile home on Begin Terrace. The fire was reported at 4:50 a.m., Sabattus Fire Chief Marc Veilleux said. By the time responders arrived, the family was out of their home at 32 Begin Terrace, Veilleux said. They had been alerted by working […]
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Woods fire burns nearly an acre in Mechanic Falls
MECHANIC FALLS — A fire believed to have started from logging equipment Tuesday evening burned nearly an acre of woods off Route 121 at the Oxford town line, Fire Chief Fred Sturtevant said. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged, he said. Sturtevant said the fire was about three-quarters of a mile in […]