New York Post
By Georgia Worrell
Published May 15, 2026, 3:56 p.m. ET
A lumber mill in Maine exploded and burst into flames Friday – as authorities declared the terrifying situation a “mass casualty event.”
At least 11 people – including multiple firefighters – have been injured and one is in critical condition after 911 received a call about an inferno at Robbins Lumber mill in Searsmont, about 90 miles from Portland, at about 10:05 a.m.
“We have dumped all of the resources from the whole county over to that area,” Waldo County 911 director Mike Larrivee said Friday afternoon, according to local news outlet WMTW.
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