MORNING SENTINEL • May 16, 2024
A Cornville firefighter is recovering from injuries he suffered while fighting a fire that damaged a building at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens Wednesday evening. The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and firefighters worked for more than three hours. The fire was on the second floor of the building, where wood pellets are manufactured, and flames spread into the rafters. Maine Woods Pellet was the scene of a fire in March 2021 that was reported to have occurred in a dryer.