BOSTON — An electrical fire filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 with smoke Monday minutes after passengers disembarked following a non-stop flight from Tokyo. The Massachusetts Port Authority’s fire chief, Bob Donahue, said the fire at Boston’s Logan Airport began in a battery pack for the plane’s auxiliary power unit, which runs […]
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Antique cars destroyed in Winterport fire
WINTERPORT (AP) — Authorities say a garage fire in Winterport destroyed two antique vehicles, but the owner managed to get out before being hurt. Fire Chief Thomas Doe said the fire on Monroe Road started at about 4 p.m. Sunday when the homeowner was in the garage doing some work on the cars. Doe told […]
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Millinocket firefighters save several pets from fire
MILLINOCKET — Firefighters battled thick smoke to rescue two cats and a dog from a fire that damaged the cellar and living room of an Aroostook Avenue house Sunday morning. Firefighters had to stop homeowner Thomas Jameson from going back into his house at 423 Aroostook Ave. to retrieve his pets after he had rescued […]
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Structure fire kills cats, damages home on Mount Desert Island
TREMONT — Three cats perished from apparent smoke inhalation but no people were hurt as a result of a structure fire Friday afternoon in the local village of Seal Cove, according to a local fire official. The fire was reported at a house on the corner of Dow Point Road and Route 102 at around […]
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Hodgdon business destroyed by fire; nearby home saved
HODGDON — Sparks created from jump-starting a vehicle are being blamed for a fire that destroyed a family-operated garage and salvage business in Hodgdon on Friday morning. “They tried to hit it with a [fire] extinguisher, but that pushed it right up the wooden walls and into the attic,” Tidd said Friday afternoon. “This was […]
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Investigators: Windham fire story a hoax
WINDHAM (AP) — Investigators think a man who said he was attacked, tied up, and left in the burning apartment building he owns in Windham concocted an elaborate hoax. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office have not charged 66-year-old Donato Corsetti, but say in court papers they believe he set the fire himself to […]
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Ex-con kills 2 firefighters at scene of arson
WEBSTER, N.Y. — An ex-con killed two firefighters with the same caliber and make military-style rifle used in the Connecticut school massacre after typing a note pledging to burn down his neighborhood and “do what I like doing best, killing people,” police said Tuesday as another body, believed to be the gunman’s missing sister, was […]
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Officials say squatters likely started fire in Auburn warehouse
AUBURN — A fire in an abandoned warehouse on Turner Street on Wednesday likely was caused by squatters who were trying to keep warm, fire investigators said. The 4:30 p.m. blaze on the second floor of the former Morin Fine Furniture & Refinishing shop forced the closure of several key streets as police and fire crews […]
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Cardboard box ignites in accidental fire at high school
FARMINGTON — An accidental fire prompted an evacuation of Mt. Blue High School and the Foster Career and Technical Education Center on Friday morning at the Mt. Blue campus. It was a very small fire, Farmington Fire Department Rescue Chief Terry Bell said. No one was injured. The building was evacuated for about 30 to […]
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Fire hits Horton Street apartment house
LEWISTON — Fire gutted an apartment house on Horton Street Tuesday afternoon and investigators say a candle caused the blaze. Several people called 911 at about 4 p.m. to report flames shooting from the building at 118-120 Horton St. Lewiston fire investigator Paul Ouellette was one of the first on the scene. He said the […]