EMBDEN House fire caused by smoking injures 2 women

Comments about: EMBDEN House fire caused by smoking injures 2 women
EMBDEN -- Two women were injured and taken to a Skowhegan hospital Sunday after they escaped from a burning house...
[ back to story ]

Bookmark & share:

Welcome to onlinesentinel.com's reader comments forum, which is offered as a "public square" for our audience. We view this space as our readers' section of the Web site, separate from our journalistic offerings. We hope you will use the forum to advance public dialogue and community discourse. As such, we ask that participants refrain from personal attacks and offensive comments. If you believe a comment is inappropriate or offensive, you can bring it to our attention by clicking on the 'report abuse' link by the comment. It will be reviewed by online staff. Please understand that 1) a comment is not "inappropriate" solely because you disagree with its author; and 2) there may be a delay while the comment is being reviewed. Please review our Reader Comment Guidelines.

Reader comments

Sort by: Oldest first | Newest First

Paul Vaillancourt of Kansas City, MO

Mar 30, 2009 6:29 PM

I'm trying to picture where this house is since I grew up in Embden, but I can't figure out exactly where it is.

Karen Rackliff of Staten Island, NY

Mar 30, 2009 9:23 AM

The article states it was not improper disposal of cigarettes because there was a container. Obviously it was not a proper container or was overfilled with butts--so I would consider that improper disposal or it wouldn't have caused a fire. Accidental yes!

Neighbor of Rome, ME

Mar 30, 2009 9:17 AM

That is lucky given they only had 1 good escape route. Whew!

countrygirl of North Anson, ME

Mar 30, 2009 9:00 AM

What a sad story I drive by the house all the time and now it is gone!!!! Grew up with the granddaughter as well!!!

Show all 6 comments

You must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.