Overview
- An alert page reported a second-alarm response to a working house fire at 10 Lakeview Drive that began with an explosion.
- Lieutenant Aaron Turcotte confirmed the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office responded, with dozens of Department of Public Safety personnel on scene.
- A medevac was requested for a burn victim as multiple injuries were reported by the alert page, which remains preliminary pending official updates.
- Officials have not identified a cause for the explosion, and the investigation is ongoing.
- Local residents shared photos and videos from the scene on social media, and separate coverage noted an unrelated explosion in Eugene, Oregon the previous night.