AUBURN — A fire that heavily damaged a Glendale Avenue home Sunday night started near a wood stove in the basement, a fire official said Monday. The cause of the blaze, which resulted in extensive fire, smoke and water damage, remains under investigation, Fire Chief Geoffrey Low said. A elderly couple in the home at 57 […]
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Carrabassett Valley house fire ruled accidental
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A fire that destroyed a home on Fox Hollow Road last week originated near a wood stove in the living room, Fire Chief Courtney Knapp said Tuesday. “It was truly an accidental fire,” he said. A woman who was a guest at the rented two-story house escaped safely from the burning structure, […]
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Wood stove to blame for fire
AUBURN — Two dogs were rescued from a fire at 691 Old Danville Road Saturday afternoon, which resulted in several thousand dollars of smoke damage and other necessary repairs. No one was home at the time of the fire. Auburn Fire Battalion Chief Scott Hunter said the 4 p.m. fire was contained and knocked out quickly. […]
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Vouchers offered for replacing old wood stoves
RUMFORD — The American Lung Association of the Northeast launched a program Thursday to distribute $41,000 in vouchers to residents who swap their old wood stoves for cleaner-burning wood, pellet or gas stoves. Coordinator Michelle Edwards said the program covers Andover, Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford. Retailers participating in the […]
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South Portland brewery aims for October launch
SOUTH PORTLAND — An auto technician, a landscape contractor and a state government employee walk into a bar. The framework of an otherwise overused joke describes the inception of the Fore River Brewing Co., except the bar is an old salt storage shed that would require renovation and an expansion and the punchline has yet […]