Firefighters say smoke detectors helped alert a Hampden family to a fire in their home Tuesday night. Hampden fire officials say they were called to Patterson Street just after 10 p.m. When first responders arrived, they reported light smoke in […]

PHOTOS: Maine is full of history. Did you know that the first continually operated fire tower in the country was right here in Maine? The tower at the top of what is now known as Big Moose Mountain, then called Big Squaw Mountain, was built in […]

Firefighters from four communities responded Monday to a garage fire on Kenway Drive in Litchfield that also damaged two neighboring houses. The initial report came in shortly before 1 p.m., when a caller reported smoke and flames at the garage. […]

VIDEO: There was heavy equipment and a lot of patience Tuesday in Monmouth as an old fire station got new life. The fire station will now become a new fire house museum. Photojournalist David Hill was there as this monumental task got underway. […]

Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law on Friday that expands background checks, makes changes to the “yellow flag” law, and strengthens Maine’s mental health system in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. Mills introduced the bill that […]

VIDEO: Off-duty Bangor firefighters spent their Sunday morning cleaning up a Bangor staple - the Hose 5 Fire Museum on State Street. Crews were doing some sprucing up in anticipation of their open house on Saturday, June 15th. The Hose 5 Fire […]

A reported wildfire in Limington that saw several towns responding Saturday night has been put out. Multiple area fire crews, including Cornish and Limerick, responded to North Road for the fire. Limington fire officials say the fire began when […]

Bangor firefighters pulled two people out of a burning home Saturday afternoon. Fire officials tell us they got the call for the fire at 2:30 and were at the home at the corner of Ohio and Wiley Streets within four minutes. When they got there, […]

With the rise of green energy, firefighters in Maine are looking to get a step ahead of new technology on the roads with an offered class on how to extinguish fires caused by electric vehicles. Hosted by the Maine Fire Service Institute, dozens of […]

Like father, like son. David O’Brien, longtime chief of the Kittery Fire Department, remembers the moments from his childhood when his father, a volunteer call firefighter in town, would be summoned out of bed and ordered to an active fire scene. […]

Flames broke out at a home in Brooks on Wednesday night. Crews arrived at the School Street home just before 8pm. Firefighters say they were able to contain the fire to one side of the building. They say the damage was minimized and that it […]

PHOTOS: The state fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of a garage fire in Peru Tuesday night. The call to 833 Auburn Road came in shortly before 8:15 p.m., Peru Fire Chief Dan Carrier told NEWS CENTER Maine. When crews arrived, flames […]

PHOTOS: The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of an apartment building fire that killed several pets in Lewiston. Fire crews were called to an apartment building on Knox Street on Tuesday. When firefighters arrived, they saw […]

Officials with New Gloucester Fire Rescue say an improperly extinguished campfire was the source of a wildfire Tuesday afternoon. Within the five minutes between the initial call at 3:03 p.m. and the firefighters' arrival at Brookside Drive, what […]

VIDEO: The Belfast Police Department and Fire Department battled it out on the basketball court. Monday night was the first ever Battle of the Badges at the Belfast Area High School. The departments played a game of basketball for a fundraiser to […]