Maine’s had a number of monoxide poisonings, including a man in Yarmouth who barely escaped after snow plugged a furnace vent.

The owner was next door and woke to see his garage and house in flames.

The cause of the fast-moving fire that gutted two businesses likely will never be known.

The third big storm in a week produces the usual problems and closures, and southern Maine already has received more snow than it does in an entire average year.