NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — A modified travel-trailer that was home to a family of six in New Gloucester was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.
At about 3:30 a.m., firefighters responded to 52 Maple St. and found a modified travel-trailer attached to a small, wooden room with a shed roof engulfed in flames, New Gloucester Fire Chief Gary Sacco said.
Two adults and four children were living in the building, although Sacco said, “It was not a permanent structure in my eyes.”
The blaze was under control within 30 to 45 minutes.
No injuries were reported.
Sacco said a man in the home reported seeing flames in a Monitor heater. He reportedly tried to extinguish the fire with a sleeping bag before getting his family out of the structure.
All six residents escaped, and the American Red Cross is helping the family find shelter.