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Heard on: Mount Desert Island Public Safety · 1/11/2026 04:32 PM
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Attention Ellsworth Fire, you're requested near Sterling Street for a resident reporting a fire inside her oven.
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Again, that's near Sterling Street for fire inside the oven.
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Cooking appliance burns off heating element near Sterling St

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As discussed during the dispatch call, the Ellsworth Fire Department responded to a possible appliance fire near Sterling Street. A resident reported smoke from an oven, but firefighters determined it was the heating element burning off. Power to the kitchen was shut down as a precaution, and no active fire was found.

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Sterling St, Ellsworth, ME 04605
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