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Firefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneBIDDEFORD — The Red Cross is assisting more than four dozen residents in two apartment buildings affected by an early morning fire on Monday in Biddeford.
The entire interior structure at 45 Hill St. was gutted and residents of adjacent apartments at 39 Hill St. were evactuated as a precaution because of smoke and water damage and uncertainty about the building’s electrical system.
Firefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters at the scene were hampered by low water pressure in one system which is fed by gravity.
Biddfeord Fire Chief Scott Gagne said the State Fire Marshal is at the scene currently and is trying to determine if anyone remined in the building after two floors collapsed on one side of the structure.
Gagne said no firefghters were harmned in the blaze, but several residents remain unaccounted.
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Firefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneA body was discovered in the charred rubble just after 5 p.m., but that person has not been identified.
No cause yet for hoiw the fire started or damages to the building at 45 Hill St.
Firefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal TribuneFirefighters try to bring an apartment building fire at 45 Hill St. under control in Biddeford on Monday morning. ED PIERCE/Journal Tribune
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