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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Downtown Oakland business, apartments damaged in fire
The fire began on the first floor of a downtown building, occupied by a retail business, according to the Oakland Fire Department.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2021
Cause of log home explosion in Embden remains under investigation
Tamara McLean, 45, was injured in the Oct. 15 blast at 199 Bert Berry Road.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2020
Waterville fire caused by improper installation of wood stove
The fire at 37 Carey Lane Thursday in the city's South End started in a barn or garage where a wood stove had been improperly installed.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
‘Click and boom’: Fire marshal report sheds more light on Farmington explosion
A heavily-redacted report of the Sept. 16, 2019, explosion at the LEAP Inc. building that killed a firefighter and injured seven other people is consistent that there was no smell of propane.
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PublishedJune 27, 2020
With fireworks displays called off, Mainers take matters into their own hands
Fireworks retailers are reporting a 100 to 200 percent increase in sales leading up to July Fourth, but many communities are reporting noise complaints and state fire officials are concerned about people shooting off their own displays amid tinder-dry conditions.
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
Longtime Skowhegan police officer’s home heavily damaged by fire
The fire reported at 7 Dinsmore St. in Skowhegan early Wednesday damaged about half of the duplex where police Officer Joel Cummings, his wife Michelle, Michelle's sister, Melanie Alexander, and her daughter, Alexis, lived.
Maine State Fire Marshal
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