LEWISTON — A teenage volunteer firefighter charged with arson in connection with a Mechanic Falls fire Monday posted bail Tuesday morning.

Joshua Michaud, 18, of Mechanic Falls posted $500 cash and a $60 bail commissioner fee and was released at 1 a.m. from Androscoggin County Jail, an administrator said.

Conditions of his release include staying away from 68 Maple St., the address of the Loose Caboose Restaurant and Lounge, which sustained $30,000 in damages.

Michaud was ordered to take his medications as prescribed and not to use or have incendiary devices, an administrator said.

He is scheduled to appear in Androscoggin County Superior Court on July 29.

Michaud was a member of the Minot Volunteer Fire Department.

He was charged Monday at 9:15 p.m. after state fire investigators spent about seven hours combing the fire scene for clues.

The fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m.

Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to keep it from spreading throughout the building.