Extension cord fire reported at residence near Horace Files Rd, Naples ME

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/20/2025 08:56 AM

Near Horace Files Rd, Naples, ME 04055

A caller reported that an extension cord caught fire near Horace Files Road. The residents unplugged the cord and used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. There was concern about a fire possibly under the house, but fire and EMS units confirmed there was no active fire and the situation was under control.

Audio|Source: Sebago Lakes Region and Oxford County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Nils Engine 3, Engine 5, Ladder 9, Tank 1, Rescue 7, Rescue 8, TASCO engine 63.

00:05

Response near Horace Files Road, cross streets, Nom Road, Flag, Mill Road, and Wiley Road.

00:12

Caller reporting an extension cord that was on fire.

00:19

It's possibly extinguished now. It's an echo response.

00:24

Repeating Deathbox.

00:26

Engine three, engine five, ladder nine, tank one, rescue seven, rescue eight, and cascline near Horace Files Road.

00:36

Caller reporting an extension cord that was on fire and a possible fire under the house.

00:43

They believe it is extinguished. It's an echo response.

00:46

That was 1157.

00:53

File, I'm 949 in central.

00:56

We don't have 49 at second.

01:00

All right, sir.

01:02

All right, sir.

01:04

I'm good.

01:14

C, 9.01, engine 5, and a rescue 8 will respond in June.

01:19

C.C5, Corns files were reported fire.

01:25

Copy 901, Engine 5, Rescue 8, responding.

01:29

And just advised it was an extension cord that was plugged in on the right side of the residence.

01:35

It was on fire, they unplugged it and used an extinguisher. There's no reported fire now.

01:43

9-0.

01:51

9-1.

01:53

9-1, good.

01:58

You can hold Casca.

02:00

Copy holding Casco.

02:06

Utility, sir. Utility, sir, computer.

02:12

Fixer.

02:21

Fire alarm to all, casting, and be advised, you can stand down, repeating, you can stand down.

02:32

Cast for fire and copies.

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Near Horace Files Rd, Naples, ME 04055

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