Overview

• Fire broke out around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at 551 Lincoln St., where first responders encountered heavy exterior flames spreading toward the interior before containing the blaze.
• A woman suffered burn injuries, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center, and is expected to survive.
• Two vehicles were destroyed, and Lincoln Street was temporarily closed between Locust Street and South Avenue before reopening shortly after 5 p.m.
• The State Fire Marshal’s Office is leading an origin-and-cause investigation, and officials have not determined how the fire started.
• WMTW reports the building has been condemned, halting Kaydenz Kitchen’s pantry and resource operations, and the nonprofit’s owner says he heard an explosion outside as community volunteers began cleanup.