FAIRFIELD Fire crews knocked down a small grass fire Thursday at Green Valley Road and Business Center Drive.
There was no damage to any structure. There were no injuries.
The cause of the fire, which started about 1:30 p.m. and burned about an acre of grass, brush and trees, is undetermined, the
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FAIRFIELD The Fairfield Fire Department is being credited for catching a suspected arsonist in the act.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, firefighters were returning from an earlier fire when they spotted another fire in the 500 block of Court B. They stopped to extinguish the fire that had started inside an enclosed porch of a home.
Firefighters spotted a man on the porch and the man fled the scene. Firefighters contacted the sheriff’s office and deputies were able to catch the man.
The suspect was identified as Christopher Abdur Ali, 21, of Fairfield. Ali was charged with burglary second-degree and arson second-degree. He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on May 5. He was given cash bonds totaling $31,000.
Body recovered at Benton Falls Dam; foul play not cited
BENTON A body was recovered Monday night from the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River.
On Tuesday, state police said there was nothing to indicate foul play was involved in the death.
Shannon Moss, public information officer for the Maine Department of Public Safety, wrote in an email Monday that state police had been notified earlier in the day of a body in the water near the dam.
The Fairfield Fire Department helped retrieve the body, according to Moss, and the state Office of Chief Medical Examiner had been brought into the investigation.
Body Retrieved From Water in Benton Monday Night
According to the Kennebec Journal, crews pulled a body from the water of Sebasticook River Monday night in Benton.
Authorities, as well as the Fairfield Fire Department, responded Monday evening to the Benton Falls Dam. Reports indicate that the death is not being deemed suspicious and remains were apparently removed without issue.
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