Orrington & Hampden residents urged to keep windows closed …
WEB2 days ago · ORRINGTON, Maine (WABI) - Clean up continues at a waste-to-energy facility in Orrington after a large fire there overnight Tuesday. Company officials saying it was the former owners improper ...
Crews respond to fire at former PERC facility in Orrington ...
WEB2 days ago · ORRINGTON, Maine — Crews from multiple towns are responding to a fire located at the former PERC facility in Orrington Tuesday night. Around 8:30 p.m., ... NEWS CENTER Maine had a crew at the scene who said heavy smoke could be seen in the area. Additional crews were observed staging at Norlen's Water Treatment, located close to …
Orrington Fire Department provides update on suppression …
WEB1 day ago · ORRINGTON, Maine (WABI) - It’s been nearly 24 hours since a large fire broke out at Eagle Point Energy Center in Orrington. Crews are still on scene as they work to full extinguish the fire, a ...
EPEC fire in Orrington will take 'several' days to extinguish, DEP ...
WEB4 hours ago · ORRINGTON -- On Thursday, October 3rd, The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an air quality alert in response to the fire at Eagle Point Energy Center (EPEC), formerly known as Penobscot Energy Recovery Center (PERC), in Orrington that began Tuesday night. Specifically in the Eastern Interior and Mid-Coast regions of Maine, the Maine DEP says they found ground-level ...
Orrington-area residents warned to close windows as ... - Bangor Daily News
WEB1 day ago · A plume of smoke from a fire at the Eagle Point Energy Center in Orrington is seen from River Road Wednesday morning. Residents of Orrington and Hampden are being advised to keep their windows closed.
Air quality alert issued as fire at Orrington trash facility ... - WGME
WEB12 hours ago · ORRINGTON (WGME) -- An air quality alert has been issued in parts of Maine due to smoke from the still-burning fire at a trash facility in Orrington. Orrington Fire and Rescue says an explosion ...
Ongoing trash fire in Orrington prompts air quality ... - Maine …
WEB10 hours ago · The Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality alert for today and Friday for the Midcoast and interior areas of eastern Maine. Winds are dispersing smoke from a large trash fire in Orrington that began on Tuesday night. The DEP said particle pollution in the smoke could be ...
Update from Orrington F.D. on the fire at EPEC facility
WEB1 day ago · ORRINGTON -- Multiple departments worked throughout Tuesday night into Wednesday to contain a fire at a waste-energy facility in Orrington. Orrington Fire Department was dispatched to Eagle Point Energy Center (EPEC), formerly known as the Penobscot Energy Recovery Center (PERC), at 8:21 p.m. Tuesday night for …
Fire at Orrington trash incinerator causing health concerns
WEB1 day ago · The former Penobscot Energy Recovery Company facility in Orrington, as pictured in August 2019. The plant closed in May 2023 but still had thousands of tons of trash inside. Residents living downwind of an Orrington trash facility are being urged to keep their windows closed as firefighters deal ...
Fire at Orrington trash facility expected to burn for days - WGME
WEB1 day ago · News. Weather. Radar. Closings & Delays. Maps. Hurricane Tracker. Weather 101. ... "EPEC and the Town of Orrington commend the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s continued stance ...