Multiple area fire departments respond to fire in Waterville Thursday morning
Investigators said they found that wood stain-soaked rags in a closed container combusted and burned through the floor.
Credit: Dale Huard Published: 2:06 PM EST December 31, 2020 Updated: 3:13 PM EST December 31, 2020
WATERVILLE, Maine Fire departments from Waterville, Winslow, Skowhegan, and Oakland responded to the scene of a fire at 105 Kennedy Memorial Drive early Thursday morning.
Nobody was in the building at the time of the fire and there were no injuries to fire personnel.
The alarm was called in around 5:30 a.m. by a Waterville police officer who was investigating an intrusion alarm at the address. Waterville Fire Battalion Chief Rodney Alderman confirmed a working fire and requested an all-hands alarm. Shortly thereafter, due to limited personnel, a second alarm was requested which brought fire personnel and apparatus from Winslow and Oakland to the scen