By the time he was arrested for the dumpster fires in October, Johnny D. Briggs was already well known to police and fire crews.

The 24-year-old woman killed by a wrong-way firefighter earlier this week in New Jersey has been identified as the mother of ...

And finally, we'd like to once again acknowledge the passing of Vince Zampella at the age of 55. As the co-creator of Call of ...

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LEWISTON, Maine — Law enforcement and fire personnel responded to a house fire Saturday night on Grove Street in Lewiston. Lewiston police and the Lewiston Fire Department were called to the ...

Regional School Unit 20’s bus garage in Searsport was destroyed in a weekend fire, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The fire was reported Saturday shortly after 3:30 p.m., according ...

This story has been updated. A large fire in the northern Penobscot County town of Patten early Wednesday morning shut down the town’s main street and knocked out power to businesses. The fire ...

PALERMO, Maine — A raging fire at a home in a northern New England town late Monday night left one person critically injured and another unaccounted for, authorities said. Crews responding to a report ...

A recovery effort is underway to find a reported victim of a fire in Palermo, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at a residence at 98 Leeman Arm ...