Firefighters are aided by a helicopter as they try to extinguish a wind-whipped brush fire in Old Orchard Beach on Friday.

Junior firefighters helped douse hot spots Friday near the rear of the Davenport condominiums in Old Orchard Beach, where fire creeped to within a few hundred feet of the homes.

Firefighters battle a four-alarm brush fire in Old Orchard Beach on Friday that was fanned by strong winds.

Firefighters battle a four-alarm brush fire in Old Orchard Beach on Friday that was fanned by strong winds.

Old Orchard Beach firefighter Corey Pelletier walks back into the woods from a marsh in Old Orchard Beach where Saco junior firefighter Joe Demers sprays water on hot spots on Friday.

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