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Firefighters extinguish Caribou forest fire

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CARIBOU, Maine (BDN) — Fifteen Caribou firefighters were assisted Friday night by crews from Limestone in fighting a shed fire that grew into a forest fire on Bog Road.

The fire was reported at 6:30 p.m. and firefighters remained on the scene for more than three hours.

Firefighter and paramedic Eric Dickinson said nobody was hurt during the incident and that crews returned to the scene on Saturday morning to take care of potential hot spots in the woods.

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