OLD TOWN, Maine — Two children and nine adults are looking for a place to stay after a fire tore through their apartment building on Stillwater Avenue in Old Town Wednesday morning.
Stillwater Avenue near Spring and Free Streets was closed for several hours on Sept. 25 while crews from several towns worked to put out a fire at an apartment building and then clean up.
Old Town officials say everyone living at the apartment building at 114 Stillwater Ave. made it out safely.
A resident of the apartment building tells NEWS CENTER Maine she believes the fire was caused by a candle in her roommate's room. Kierstan Crosby says she smelled smoke and then went to alert others in the building Wednesday morning.
Authorities are asking that drivers avoid the area right off of Exit 193 in Old Town heading toward the University of Maine at Orono.
Crews from Old Town, Bangor, Orono and Glenburn responded to the call and were still working to put the fire out as of 12:15 p.m.
Smoke billowed from the roof of the building as firefighters worked to control the blaze. The fire was completely out by 12:35 p.m. and crews intended to stay on scene to clean up the area.
