The emergency responder died from injuries sustained during the sawmill explosion more than a month ago.
Searsmont
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Flags to be lowered in honor of Searsmont assistant fire chief on Wednesday
Wayne Woodbury, 76, died from injuries sustained during the fire and explosion at Robbins Lumber in May.
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Searsmont assistant fire chief dies from injuries following sawmill explosion
The Office of State Fire Marshal said Sunday that 76-year-old Wayne Woodbury had died at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Robbins Lumber has resumed operations in wake of deadly explosion
Eight of the 12 people who were injured in the May 15 fire and explosion at the Searsmont mill remain hospitalized.
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This Dalmatian comforted firefighters in Searsmont
Halligan’s handler, Timothy Nickels, wants to support his fellow first responders in ways that he had needed when he was active.
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With traumatic injuries, time matters. Here’s where Maine’s system falls short.
The explosion in Searsmont showed how the state’s health care providers work together during a crisis. Some say they need help.
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Investigators say machinery sparked Robbins Lumber fire, triggering blast in silo
They say suppression operations were unable to extinguish a smoldering fire that began near an unloader and it rapidly triggered particulate matter, causing the explosion that lifted a silo off its base.
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Inside the Searsmont lumber mill fire and explosion
First responders and others recount the events at Robbins Lumber on May 15, a day that will have a lasting effect on Midcoast towns and the broader firefighting community.
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Honoring those who serve, spring sport and alewives focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from May 15-21, 2026.
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Hundreds pay their respects to fallen Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross
First responders and civilians arrived in droves for a public visitation in Belfast to honor Cross, 27, who died in last week’s fire and explosion at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont.