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Fire damaged a single-family home on Stevens Avenue in Portland on Thursday afternoon.

No one was hurt. The sole occupant of the home at 322 Stevens Ave. was not home when the fire started, said Deputy Fire Chief Chad Johnston.

Firefighters work together to put out a fire at 322 Stevens Ave. in Portland on Thursday. The front of the home was badly damaged. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer

Firefighters received the first 911 call about the fire at about 1:37 p.m.

About 30 firefighters responded to the all-hands alarm, and they quickly knocked down the fire.

The front of the home, including the porch, was heavily damaged by the fire.

Firefighters sounded an all-hands alarm to put out a fire at a home at 322 Stevens Ave. in Portland on Thursday. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer

 

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau....

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