Investigators: Wood stain rags spark Waterville fire
Extensive damage to home reported Share Updated: 10:22 AM EST Jan 1, 2021 SOURCE: Kevin Kralka
Extensive damage to home reported Share Updated: 10:22 AM EST Jan 1, 2021 A fire that badly damaged a Waterville building on Thursday was sparked by chemical-soaked rags. Waterville Fire and Rescue were called to Kennedy Memorial Drive around 5:30 in the morning with reports of a structure fire. Crews arriving on scene found smoke and fire on the first and second floors of the building. Investigators said firefighters were hampered when part of the second story floor collapsed. According to investigators from the state fire marshal s office, the fire was sparked when rags that had been soaked in wood stain and left inside a plastic bag combusted. The building was recently porched by Waterville Audiology and was undergoing renovations. No injuries were reported. Waterville Fire and Re
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