Fires Burn Hundreds of Acres in Eastern Maine

Maine Public | By Ed Morin

Published May 7, 2015 at 4:37 PM EDT

LUBEC, Maine - Officials say a fire that may have been intentionally set in the eastern Maine town of Lubec has spread across some 200- to 300-hundred acres, and is heading toward the ocean.

Meanwhile, a Red Flag Warning for critical fire danger remains in effect across the state of Maine. Maine Forest Service spokesman Kent Nelson says it looks like rangers are making some headway with the Lubec blaze.

"And they probably will be fighting this fire for at least another day, but, hopefully, as the winds die down and the temperatures cool this evening, they should be able to get close to containment."

Nelson says no structures are threatened.

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Ed Morin

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.

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