03/30/2009
from the Kennebec Journal
FAIRPOINT PLAN TARGETS DEBT
Wind project off Mass. meets strong resistance
Three bills seek tougher rules for petitioners
New rules for special education debated
Happy apples
AUGUSTA: Cuts to French curriculum run into opposition
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Hall-Dale drops MVC title game to Mountain Valley
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Different stakes in Gardiner-Winslow rivalry
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from the Morning Sentinel
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Man answers door, is attacked with Mace and then robbed
FairPoint reorganization plan aims to slash company's debt
Concerns over special-education changes aired
FAIRFIELD: Clinton man, 21, arrested on rape, assault charges
Stun gun, arrest of suspect end high-speed, 2-town chase
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Gardiner, Winslow take to ice again
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Skowhegan wins KVAC A title game
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Homeowner Gloria Lane, 63, and her sister, June DeLong, 47, got out of the house after DeLong broke a window, said investigator Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal's Office. DeLong suffered cuts while breaking the window, and Lane suffered from smoke inhalation, he said.
"They had a problem getting out because the porch was the only exit," Grimes said.
He said the fire started on an exterior porch at a cigarette disposal canister.
"The homeowner smokes, and that's where she disposes of her smoking materials," he said. "It was not a careless disposal, because she was putting it in a container."
He said officials are not sure how the fire started.
"It originated in the area where she was disposing of her cigarette," he said. "The result was accidental. It is an accidental fire."
He said the house was damaged heavily and the porch was destroyed.
The State Fire Marshal's Office is called to investigate fires whenever injuries are reported.
The Anson Fire Department covers the town of Embden. Anson Fire Chief Alan Walker said about 30 firefighters from Anson, Madison, East Madison and Solon responded to the fire at the old, single-story home where Lane lives and her sister was visiting.
The Starks Fire Department stood by at the Anson Fire Station, Walker said.
Somerset County sheriff's officials, an official with the Maine Warden Service and state police helped control traffic at the scene, he said.
Walker said Anson Madison Starks Ambulance Service took the injured women to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan.
A hospital spokesman said early Sunday evening that Lane and DeLong had been treated and released.
Amy Calder -- 861-9247
acalder@centralmaine.com
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