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Loud explosion-like noise reported near elementary school, Wiscasset ME

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Federal St, Wiscasset, ME 04578

Residents near Federal Street reported a loud noise like an explosion behind the elementary school. Officers and neighbors are searching the area to find the cause.

Audio|Source: Lincoln County Fire/EMS and Police
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Transcript:
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I'll go check the area. Did they have a specific residence that may have come from? The caller lives at 63 Federal Street, and she didn't really say anything specific, only that the other neighbors came outside.
00:16
Cast at five, Lincoln.
00:17
Pass at five, go ahead.
00:18
I've talked for the few people out walking on Federal Street.
00:21
It looks like quite a few of the residents here have now started looking themselves.
00:24
Sounds like this is larger than a gunshot.
00:26
They thought it was possibly a bomb, and a lot of them are saying it came from behind the elementary school.
00:30
Let me go check over there.

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Federal St, Wiscasset, ME 04578
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