PORTLAND, Maine — Neighbors, families and friends are ready to dedicate a memorial to six people killed in the deadliest fire in Maine's largest city in four decades.
The event is set for Sunday in a park around the corner from the site of the fire.
Artist Pandora LaCasse and her husband were busy Friday installing six diamond-shaped sculptures that will be lit up in a tree in the park. The memorial, which will be in place for three months, will be dedicated at the memorial on Sunday that comes precisely one year after the deadly blaze.
The landlord was charged with manslaughter after inspectors concluded the property was being used as an illegal boarding house and that there were no working smoke detectors. A lawsuit alleges an emergency exit was blocked.