One person has died and two have been hospitalized following a fire at a home in Levant early Monday morning.
Five adults were living at the Avenue Road home that caught on fire, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating the blaze, Moss said.
Steven Barker, one of the residents, said he awoke to what he described as a funny smell at about 2 or 3 a.m. He then opened his door, and part of the wall in front of him was on fire.
He said he called out to two of the other residents, “turned back around and half of the house was already on fire.”
The American Red Cross and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection were at the scene of the fire late Monday morning.
