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 […]

PHOTO: A firefighter is recovering after responding to the scene of a fire on Main Street in Lisbon Falls Monday morning. Lisbon Fire Chief Nathan LeClair said the firefighter received minor injuries and was treated and released at MidCoast […]

A host of wildfires broke out across Maine Friday amid windy and dry weather. The Maine Forest Rangers reported Friday night there were wildfires and open burns that got out of control in 18 communities: Anson, Hodgdon, Brownville, Orneville, […]

PHOTO: Flames ripped through a building on Yancy Lane in Dedham Saturday Afternoon. Multiple departments responded to the blaze with reports of explosions just before one. Firefighters say they removed two large propane tanks and quickly got the […]

PHOTOS: A vacant section of the Senator Inn and Spa in Augusta became engulfed in flames early Friday morning. The Augusta Fire Department told NEWS CENTER Maine the call came in just after midnight from a passerby who saw flames coming through […]

PHOTOS: Nearly 20 animals were killed in a barn that was destroyed by fire Thursday morning in Appleton. Appleton Fire Chief Prent Marriner says they were called to the fire around 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, the fire had spread to a truck […]

VIDEO: Phil Dow, a retired Bangor firefighter, lost everything after fire swept through his Palermo home earlier this month. Dow took heroic action to get his family out safely. “His house, once they noticed they had a fire, he had his wife, his […]

If you were in Scarborough Wednesday, you might have noticed smoke rising from a large hayfield along Broadturn Road. Despite the sight, there was nothing to be worried about. The smoke came from a controlled fire conducted by the Maine Forest […]

PHOTO: Wildfire Prevention Awareness Week is here and the Maine Forest Service kicked it off with the unveiling of a new Smokey the Bear statue Tuesday. The six-foot-tall bear was dedicated to the Hampden North Visitor Center off I-95 and is now […]

VIDEO: Monday was National EMT and Paramedic Appreciation Day, and the start of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. All week long, telecommunicators across the nation are being recognized for their lifesaving roles. "We're considered […]