WATERVILLE — Firefighters knocked down a garage fire in a residential area of the city’s South End, a fire official said Friday.
The report of the fire at 117 Water St. came in shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday and firefighters from Waterville and Winslow were at the scene until about 12:45 a.m.
No one was hurt and the investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing, according to Waterville Deputy Fire Chief Jason Frost.
“There was no extension to the fire and our crews were able to knock that down pretty quickly,” he said.
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