ALTON – Firefighters from several communities spent a difficult Friday afternoon battling fires at two locations a few miles apart. A great-grandmother’s home was destroyed by fire early Friday afternoon on the Tannery Road in Alton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BRIDGEWATER – Tragedy struck this Aroostook County town of 600 people early Wednesday morning when a fire caused by ashes from a grill swept through a Boundary Line Road house, killing a young brother and sister. Caleb Carter, 6, and his sister, Brooke, 5, died… Read More
STONINGTON – Quick action by firefighters and boatyard workers helped to save a fishing boat that caught fire while undergoing repairs at a local boatyard. Workers at Billings Diesel and Marine were using a torch to remove a gas tank from the 45-foot dragger when… Read More
HOULTON – Fifty-four years ago, when devastating forest fires in Bar Harbor and other parts of the state ravaged more than 205,000 acres in Maine, many towns were without fire departments. Most of those existing departments were generally poorly equipped and even more poorly trained, and that made… Read More
VEAZIE – A passing freight train is believed to have sparked a series of brush fires here that kept firefighters from seven area departments busy for six hours Saturday afternoon. Gusting winds and dry conditions fanned and fueled the weekend fires, which burned nearly 40… Read More
CLIFTON – A 3-acre wildfire near Springy Pond was among more than a dozen that swept through Maine Thursday. As of 5:30 p.m., others had been reported in Bucksport, Lubec, Robbinston, Marshfield, Greenville Junction, East Millinocket, Somerville and Northport, according to Maine Forest Service spokesman… Read More
TRENTON – A small wooden barn burned to the ground Tuesday afternoon when a grass fire grew out of control and consumed the building, said Steve Corson of the Trenton Fire Department. The barn on Bayside Road was owned by Olin Conary. Although it burned… Read More
WINTERPORT – Fire swept through a Rancourt Road home Sunday, leaving the hilltop house standing but no longer fit for habitation. “It’s pretty much a total loss,” Fire Chief Stan Bowden said as his firefighters doused the home with water. “The good thing is there… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – A Sunday evening fire demolished a building that housed maple syrup products and processing equipment, just hours after about 1,000 people attended an open house for Maine Maple Sunday at the sugar house. Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office had planned Monday… Read More
HUDSON – An unextinguished cigarette that fell into a bag of trash caused a fire that destroyed a home on Pushaw Lake Wednesday morning. Owned by Christine and Peter Thornton, the ranch style, modular home at 463 Beechwood Ave. was unoccupied at the time of… Read More