Kitchen fire in Portland apartment controlled, no injuries, Portland ME

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/1/2025 12:21 AM

Near Chestnut St, Portland, ME 04101

Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire in apartment 401 near Chestnut St in Portland. The fire was quickly controlled without injuries or damage escalation.

Audio|Source: Portland Fire

03:46

Transcript:

00:00

Good station, striking the all hands, 75 Chestnut Street for a kitchen fire apartment 401.

00:05

Adding to the box, McHughan on Opps Q.

00:08

And circling the all hands for Sonny by Chestnut Street, adding McHughan to the box.

00:14

Box two.

00:34

Division 4, command.

00:38

We're here to turn Division 4.

00:41

Yeah, fighting to knock down,

00:43

can we get a company up unit above us to check that?

00:50

I'll get one up there since I can't, Jeff.

00:54

Ten 4, do you know?

01:02

Go ahead and repeat you a while?

01:07

And do we hear that he's looking at a shrink level yet?

01:13

I'm just fine for us and all that now.

01:21

Stand, a louder set.

01:31

You can go search the flas off the fire.

01:41

The doors on the fire?

01:44

Yeah.

01:46

Fire is on the Delta side.

01:49

One cites right now.

01:54

Robbins.

02:01

Decision force of our primary and secondary and firepox complete.

02:07

Okay,

02:10

copy,

02:11

primary and secondary area for the fire department is complete.

02:19

We'll take that water shutdown if somebody can't.

02:26

Cap,

02:28

you'll recover, try that again.

02:32

Once we get somebody to the Sprint, they can secure the water.

02:36

Can you add your side truck, you copy that?

02:43

Yeah, these people don't work and they have both of the other tracks.

02:50

How are that they cut?

03:00

Command of Rowland.

03:03

Paraly, Management, Command.

03:08

We have a W-5 by 150,

03:12

six-story, non-productful,

03:15

the fire extinguctions.

03:23

10475550, 150, 6.40 non-collostable,

03:25

water on the firework.

03:33

The 504 command, you're good with the fighter under control.

03:39

Mayhazard, the file right?

03:42

Fire, burn. Fire is burned.

03:46

5604.

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