AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has asked the president for a disaster declaration to help recover from a powerful wind storm that knocked out power for more than half of the state’s homes and businesses. The storm on the day before Halloween toppled drought-weakened trees, left roads impassable and knocked down more than […]
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How you survived a holiday disaster
So you left the tourtiere in the oven too long and ended up burning down half the kitchen. Or you thought real candles would look neat on the tree this year and torched all the presents. Hey, accidents happen. Around the holidays, when stress is high and time is short, catastrophe seems to be around […]
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Cracked wheel may have caused New Brunswick train derailment
Lead investigator Guy Laporte said a crack in a wheel near the front of the train caused the wheel to loosen from the axel, resulting in the derailment of that wheel set. But Laporte said it’s too early to determine what caused the train to leave the tracks late Tuesday derailed in the sparsely populated […]
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Auburn disaster exercise set for Wednesday
AUBURN — Local, state and federal agencies, as well as private businesses, will participate in a simulated disaster Wednesday morning at the Auburn-Lewiston Intermodal Transportation Center at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. In a release from the City of Auburn, an exercise slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday is designed to test the readiness of […]
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Attorney for Lac-Megantic victims says he will sue Irving over mislabeling of oil in train cars
BANGOR — An Illinois attorney who represents the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, train disaster and their families said Friday that he will file a lawsuit against Irving Oil Co., the Canadian firm that hired the railroad to ship crude oil to its refinery in New Brunswick. Peter J. Flowers of Chicago, who represents the […]