DIXFIELD — Fire Thursday night destroyed a two-story house, attached garage and camper trailer on Canton Point Road, but no one was injured, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Friday morning. He was waiting at the fire scene at 1169 Canton Point Road for state fire investigator Dan Young and homeowners Brian Webber and Melissa […]
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‘Suspicious’ baby stroller fire investigated in Rumford
RUMFORD — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is continuing to investigate Tuesday night’s baby stroller fire at a Waldo Street apartment, Rumford fire Chief Bob Chase said Thursday morning. One upper-floor tenant, Andrew Brochu, 21, suffered minor injuries after jumping about 8 feet to the ground when he saw flames on the first-floor porch, he […]
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Rumford man hospitalized after morning fire at Hotel Harris apartments
RUMFORD — A Rumford resident was injured Thursday morning in a fire that started in the kitchen area of his apartment at Hotel Harris on Hartford Street, fire Chief Bob Chase said. Chase said the man, whose name he didn’t know, suffered burns on his hands and legs and smoke inhalation. Med-Care Ambulance took the […]
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Fire destroys Rumford house built in the 1880s
RUMFORD — A home more than 100 years old was destroyed by fire late Thursday night, investigators said early Friday afternoon. No one was at Chuck Arsenault’s home at 289 Isthmus Road when the fire erupted at 10:30 p.m., and there were no injuries, Rumford fire Chief Bob Chase said Friday. “The cause was undetermined,” […]