Crews contain wildfire in Maine’s North Woods

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 26, 2026

Crews have contained a wildfire deep in Maine’s North Woods. The Pine Stream Fire broke out Sunday in T4 R13 WELS, near Chesuncook, in Piscataquis County, according to the Maine Forest Service. The 10-acre fire was burning in an old timber harvest. By Tuesday morning, that fire had swelled to about 25 acres.