Staff photo by David Leaming Wind-blown smoke billows from an apartment building on Paris Street in Waterville on Monday.

Firefighters from several departments scramble to put out an apartment house fire on Paris Street in Waterville on Monday.

Staff photo by David Leaming One of several dogs looks out a car window as fire consumes an apartment building on Paris Street in Waterville. Several tenants and their pets got out of the building without injuries.

Brenda Taylor, who owns a house on Paris Street in Waterville, watches as her neighbor’s apartment building is destroyed by fire on Monday.

Firefighters battle a fire on Paris Street in Waterville Monday morning.