The scene after a crane caught fire at a wood lot Friday morning on Hovey Luce Road in Mount Vernon. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
MOUNT VERNON — A fire at a logging site remains under investigation Friday by the Maine Forest Service.
Shortly before 9 a.m., fire crews from Mount Vernon and surrounding towns were called to a wood lot off Hovey Luce Road for a fire.
At the site, a log crane was on fire.
While initially reported as a crane explosion, there was none, Mount Vernon Fire Chief Dana Dunn said. However, the tires on the crane did explode.
Logs within a 50-foot diameter around the crane had burned.
There were no injuries.
A pile of logs sustained damage after a crane caught fire at a wood lot Friday morning on Hovey Luce Road in Mount Vernon. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Lisa Byers, a forest ranger/investigator, said the Forest Service is investigating. Crews from Mount Vernon, Belgrade, Fayette, Readfield, Vienna and Wayne fire departments, and Winthrop Ambulance responded.
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