FARMINGTON, Maine — A Maine firefighter has been discharged from a Portland hospital one week after a deadly building explosion in Farmington.
Last week, firefighters arrived to investigate a gas odor in the Life Enrichment Advancing People facility, just before the building exploded.
A procession escorted Farmington Fire Rescue firefighter Theodore "Ted" Baxter back to his fire station after he was discharged Monday.
The blast killed a firefighter and injured eight other people.
One of them, LEAP maintenance supervisor Larry Lord, remains in critical condition with burns on 50% of his body. Lord helped evacuate the building.
Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell remains in the hospital in fair condition and Capt. Scott Baxter remains in serious condition.