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 […]

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 […]