BANGOR, Maine — Two families are safe but lost their home to a fire Saturday afternoon.
Bangor Fire Chief Tom Higgins told us two of the units on the apartment building on Finson Road were destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. There were six different units in that complex, and all of the families were displaced this night.
Higgins said the strong winds made fighting the fire particularly tricky.
NEWS CENTER Maine meteorologist Mike Slifer called for temperatures in the 40s Saturday with wind gusts into the high 20s. According to the National Weather Service, Bangor recorded a high of 25 mph wind gust Saturday.
According to Higgins, there were no injuries due to the fire.
The Bangor Housing Authority, which owns the complex on Finson, is already helping the displaced families.
Higgins said firefighters contained the blaze within a half-hour after arrival.
A GoFundMe page was created by a family friend to help one of the families who lost it all.
The Ouellette family also lost it all on Saturday's Finson Road fire. Here is a link to their GoFundMe page.
NEWS CENTER Maine will update this story.