📰BIDDEFORD | FIRE | Early Morning Structure Fire Displaces Biddeford Families

"All 9 people were displaced and are being assisted by Red-Cross and the City’s General Assistance Office with housing and other needs."

May 15, 2026, According to a press release from the Biddeford Fire Department, "this morning shortly after 5:30am the Biddeford Regional Communications Center received a 911 call for a building fire at #49 Granite Street."

The release goes on to state, "Biddeford Fire Department Car 7, Engine 22, Squad 28 and EMS 14, along with an Engine from Arundel, an Engine, Ambulance and Ladder Truck from Saco, an Engine from Goodwins Mills and an Engine from Old Orchard Beach were dispatched on the Desk Box assignment.

Biddeford units arrived on-scene 2 minutes later and found heavy fire coming from the second-floor apartment in the rear of the building. An All-Hands fire assignment was requested which brought an Engine from Kennebunk, a Tanker from Kennebunkport and a Ladder truck from Goodwins Mills to the scene; and an Engine from Wells, an Engine from Scarborough and an Ambulance from Westbrook to cover the Biddeford Station, along with off-duty Biddeford firefighters being called back to cover as well. The Ladder Truck from Goodwins Mills was a special call/back fill because Biddeford’s Truck 32 was out of service with a mechanical issue."

According to Chief Best of the Biddeford Fire Department, "All 6 occupants from the second-floor apartment and 3 occupants from the first-floor unit had evacuated just prior to the arrival of the first Biddeford Fire units. All 9 people were displaced and are being assisted by Red-Cross and the City’s General Assistance Office with housing and other needs.

Crews were able to contain the fire to the second floor, but the fire caused heavy damage to the apartment and extended into the roof."

At this time, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. Crews cleared the scene around 8:00am.

Notably, during the fire, the covering units responded to an EMS incident for an "unresponsive patient."

📸Biddeford Fire Department

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