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The great fire of Portland, Maine, sometimes known as the 1866 great fire of Portland, occurred on July 4, 1866—the second Independence Day after the end of the American Civil War. Five years before the Great Chicago Fire , this was the greatest fire yet seen in an American city.
The building's landlord, Gregory Nisbet, was later convicted of misdemeanor fire code violations and spent 3 months in prison. [1] Located near the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine, it occurred overnight on November 1, 2014, and was the deadliest fire in Maine since 1984. [2]
The Portland Fire Museum building in September 2011. The Portland Fire Museum is a fire museum in Portland, Maine. Located at 157 Spring Street in the former home of Fire Engine 4, the museum is operated by the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association (PVFA). It showcases the history of firefighting in Portland, including a number of retired ...
Nov. 26—Two people were found dead in tents over the weekend that were on fire or destroyed by fire — one in Portland and a second in Sanford, police said. Authorities stopped short of saying ...
The Portland Fire Department (PFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Portland 24/7, 365. Established on March 29, 1768, the PFD is made up of over 230 paid, professional firefighters and operates out of seven fire stations, located throughout the city, in addition to those staffed by "on-call" firefighters ...
Nov. 13—A large fire on Long Island in Casco Bay on Monday afternoon produced a plume of black smoke that could be seen from the mainland. An investigator for the Office of the State Fire ...
By the second week of October, the state was in a Class 4 state of danger, meaning: "high state of inflammability." The State Forest Service reopened fire watch towers normally closed at the end of September. Reports of small fires in woods began coming into the Forest Service on October 7. These early fires burned in Portland, Bowdoin and ...
The Central Fire Station is an historic fire station in Portland, Maine. [1] Built between 1924 and 1925, it is home to the Portland Fire Department. In 2019, Greater Portland Landmarks listed it alongside Portland's other fire stations as "places in peril," though this designation was disputed by a city spokesperson.