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BRIDGTON — No one was injured Wednesday night in a fire that damaged a large single family home at 7 South High St.

A dispatcher for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said one person was at home when the fire broke out shortly after 8 p.m. The person escaped.

It took firefighters more than two hours to bring the fire under control, with crews clearing from the scene around 10:30 p.m.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. There were no other details immediately available.

Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland...

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