After a fire on Noyes Street kills six, the Telegram’s renewed investigation of citywide code problems shows that inspection data is difficult to track.
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Portland got complaints about possible illegal unit in building where fire killed 6
Records show 16 complaint-based inspections at 20 Noyes St. since 2003, where a fire killed six young adults last week.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Investigation of deadly Portland fire a painstaking process
Fire modeling and reverse engineering may be used to determine how the blaze that took six lives started.
Posted inMaine, News
Steven Summers becomes 6th victim of deadly Portland fire
The 29-year-old from Rockland had been fighting for his life at Massachusetts General Hospital since suffering severe burns in the blaze early Saturday.
Posted inMaine, News
Friends and family of Portland fire victims share shock over tragic loss
Police are not releasing identities of the victims.
Posted inMaine, News
Five dead in house fire on Portland’s Noyes Street
One survivor is badly burned after the early-morning fire and fire officials say the cause and the indentification of the bodies will take time.
Posted inMaine, News
Collapse of 19th-century sewer closes Portland street
City workers are replacing 250 feet of antique sewer line after a section of Munjoy Street collapsed this morning.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: University of Southern Maine needs more than a name change
The difficulty in all these plans is money, or lack of it. The UMaine System has never had the wherewithal to achieve its original goals.