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RESCUE ME- Orono and Old Town fire departments responded to a house fire on College Avenue Sunday evening. It took crews an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze. The structure suffered minimal damage.

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Orono and Old Town fire departments responded to a fire at 148 College Ave. Sunday night.

Orono Deputy Fire Chief Buddy Webb said he was at home when he was called around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. He said it took about an hour and a half to put out the fire.

Webb said the fire had started in the basement of the house and traveled all the way up the stairs to the third floor. There were no injuries as far as he knew.

Just two houses down from Alumni Hall and across from the Newman Center, the vacant building, was for sale. The fire was stopped before it did too much damage to the house structure.

Webb, who said the Veazie Fire Department was covering for the Orono Fire Station, also said that those on the ground at the fire did a great job.

While no cause of the fire had been determined, investigators were planning on coming later Sunday night. Webb said a complete fire report would be available Monday after the investigation.

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