NEWPORT, Maine — Fire crews responded to a report of smoke at the Newport Inn on Main Street on Friday evening, only to find it was caused by a pot of burned shrimp.
“Upon arrival, we found rooms full of smoke. People were coming out as I arrived and told me they had smoke,” said Newport Assistant Fire Chief Rick Turner.
“Come to find out, it was a pot of burnt shrimp,” he said. “That’s all it was, which is a good thing.”
Fire crews from Corinna and Dexter also went to the elderly housing apartment complex a little after 6 p.m. No one was hurt.
“Once we got inside and found out what it was, we opened up the windows and got a bunch of fans going to suck out all the smoke,” said Turner. “When you take a building that’s 100 years old and has been renovated, you never know.”
Fire crews closed a portion of Route 2 in front of the Newport Inn, but had it reopened within a half-hour.
Sorry everyone, I didn’t know my wife went to Newport to do some cooking.
good one.
I hope she dosen’t know your pen name !
Blackened shrimp, Mmm, any Hot Sauce with that?
Fires are never good
How immature you people are, and how blatantly incorrect this article is.
I urge the staff at the BDN to do more research on this topic.
I didn’t see what was wrong in the article! I’m curiuos! The way i took the article Newport went to the fire and corinna and dexter did too since it’s an older building and a lot of elderly there! i didn’t see what was wrong! It’s better to be safe than sorry! So glad everyone is okay! So i think thats why people were joking
Actually…there is more to the story. The reporter needs to follow up on story.
I swear I was no where near Newport. I live in Winterport.
“Fire crews from Corinna and Dexter also went to the elderly housing apartment complex a little after 6 p.m. No one was hurt.”What does this have to do with anything?
And don’t blame the shrimp. Blame humans.
Has anyone thought to contact the Maine SPCA? Poor little shrimpies.