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Investigators searching scene of fatal fire in Portland

Photo: Maine Department of Public Safety


Fire investigators have released the identity of a person killed in a fire in Portland.

36-year-old Douglas Grant died in the fire at 11 Olympia Street on March 6.

Four others were injured in the fire.

Fire marshal investigators and the ATF will be actively working the scene for the next two days and are asking the public to avoid the area during that time.

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