UPDATE: Marijuana plants removed from Lewiston fire scene
LEWISTON — Fire officials say it appears as if everyone has escaped safely from a three-alarm apartment building fire in Lewiston.
The fire in the 32 Oxford St. building — near the Lewiston House of Pizza — was reported Friday morning.
The city has closed Lincoln Street from Cedar Street to Main Street while crews try to restore the traffic lights out because of the fire.
Fire Chief Paul Leclaire tells WMTW-TV the sub-freezing temperatures made battling the blaze difficult, but the most important thing is that there are no reported injuries.
Crews from a number of area departments responded.
The cause remains under investigation.
Three separate blazes at city apartment buildings last spring left more than 200 people homeless. Two juveniles and two men have been charged in connection with those fires.
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- A Lewiston firefighter rolls up hoses at 32 Oxford St. in Lewiston on Friday morning. The three-alarm apartment building fire was reported at 3:30 a.m..
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- Fire investigators examine a back porch on the fourth floor of 32 Oxford St. in Lewiston on Friday.
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- A car park next to the fire scene at 32 Oxford St. lays covered with ice.
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- Randy Nault of the Lewiston Water Department uses a propane torch to melt ice from the fire hydrant in front of 32 Oxford Street in Lewiston on Friday.
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- There were no reported injuries in a fire Friday morning at 32 Oxford St. in Lewiston.
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- Ice covers satellite television equipment at 32 Oxford St. in Lewiston on Friday.
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- Fire investigators examine a back porch on the fourth floor of 32 Oxford St. in Lewiston on Friday. No one was injured in the early morning blaze.
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