Tenth Maine Wildfire in Three Days Burns 14 Acres in Columbia

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COLUMBIA - A wildfire - the 10th over the past three days - burned nearly 14 acres, officials from the Maine Forest Service said Monday.

Workers from Cherryfield Foods called firefighters to an area near Schoodic Lake, District Ranger Jeff Courier said in a prepared release. Currier said the company told officials that they had lost control of a "prescribed blueberry burn on company property on what is locally known as the Cotton Fields."

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Tenth Maine Wildfire in Three Days Burns 14 Acres in Columbia

Firefighters from Columbia, Harrington and Cherryfield and two Maine forest rangers responded to the 1 p.m. blaze.

"The fire was burning through the mixed forest growth with moderat...

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