A fire heavily damaged 179 Woodford St. in Portland on Saturday.

Portland firefighters work to extinguish a fire at 179 Woodford St. on Saturday.

A resident of 179 Woodford St. in Portland is helped as firefighters respond to a fire at the apartment house on Saturday. He was taken to a hospital as a precaution, but his name wasn't immediately available.

Portland firefighters confer as they respond to a fire at 179 Woodford St. on Saturday.

Members of the Portland Fire Department vent the roof while fighting a fire at 179 Woodford St. on Saturday.

The steeple of Woodfords Congregational Church is visible in the background as a firefighter uses a ladder truck to fight a fire at 179 Woodford St. in Portland on Saturday.

A member of the Portland Fire Department climbs a ladder to fight the fire at 179 Woodford St. on Saturday.

A Portland firefighters climbs up to a fire that heavily damaged part of 179 Woodford St. on Saturday.

A fire appeared to have heavily damaged an apartment building at 179 Woodford St. in Portland on Saturday.

Members of the Portland Fire Department check conditions at 179 Woodford St. in Portland on Saturday, when the apartment house was badly damaged by fire.