SANFORD — An elderly couple escaped from their burning home tonight, but the intense fire sent one Sanford firefighter to the hospital with chest pains.
Brian Smith, a captain with the Sanford Fire Department, said Roger and Mary Levesque, who are in their 80s, were able to get out of the home at 72 Beaver Hill Road in Springvale after fire broke out shortly after 4:30 p.m.
One firefighter, who complained of chest pains, was taken to Goodall Memorial Hospital in Sanford where he will be held overnight for observation.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but it appears to have started in the area near the wood stove.
Several windows had to be broken and ceilings ripped down to fight the fire.
Smith said the home is still livable but said that the couple would have to spend Sunday night with relatives.
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