A car burst into flames on Warren Avenue in Lewiston on Thursday night, destroying the vehicle and leaving behind a burn pattern more fitting for Halloween than Christmas. No one was hurt when the 2010 Nissan Murano caught fire at about 7 p.m. Lewiston fire Investigator Paul Ouellette said that when he closed the hood […]
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New Gloucester firefighters extinguish car fire
Firefighters extinguish a car fire about 12:30 a.m. Monday on Tobey Road in New Gloucester. Firefighters also used foam because the water used reacted with the magnesium in the car’s steering column. NEW GLOUCESTER — First responders put out a car fire about 12:30 a.m. Monday on Tobey Road. When firefighters arrived, the car on […]
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No one injured in car fire on turnpike
Lewiston fire crews put out a fire Sunday evening near the Lewiston exit of the Maine Turnpike. State police stopped traffic at about 8:15 p.m. Sunday at the northbound Lewiston exit of the Maine Turnpike while crews from Lewiston battled a car fire. LEWISTON — No one was injured when a car traveling north on […]
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Knox Street man charged in car fire
Investigators said 23-year-old Elijah Yeaton was angry as the result of a domestic argument when he set the car ablaze on Knox Street shortly after 9 p.m. Lewiston Fire investigator Paul Ouellette said the car caught fire when a pile of clothes was heaped behind it and then set ablaze. When police and fire crews […]
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VIDEO: Car engulfed in flames at Lewiston gas station
Posted by Tim Rucker on Saturday, March 26, 2016 LEWISTON — Lewiston firefighters responded quickly to put out a fully engulfed car fire Saturday afternoon at the Elizabeth Ann gas station on the corner of Sabattus Street and East Avenue. The car was about 30 feet from the nearest gas pump, near the curb along the Sabattus […]
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Mustang destroyed by fire in East Andover
ANDOVER — Eight Andover firefighters responded to a fully involved car fire Wednesday evening that destroyed a 2012 Mustang owned by Mark Folland, fire Chief Justin Tibbetts said. Tibbetts said Folland had parked the car on the lawn at 649 East Andover Road in East Andover, listening to music on the radio for most of […]
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Jury deadlocked on one defendant in Bangor triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in the triple murder trial are deadlocked on one or more counts involving at least one defendant but have reached verdicts on other charges after deliberating more than 40 hours over four days, Justice William Anderson said about 5:45 p.m. at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Anderson referred to a note sent out […]
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Jury resumes deliberations in Bangor triple-murder trial
BANGOR (AP) — A Maine jury is back to work in the trial of two men charged with killing three people and burning their bodies in a car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors in the trial of Randall Daluz of Brockton, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, Rhode Island, deliberated for three full days, surpassing […]
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Still no verdict in triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]