Two separate fires, one on Friday and another on Saturday, brought Maine State Fire Marshal Investigators to the Belfast area over the weekend.

Fire #1

The first fire took place on Friday, October 30th, just after 2:30 PM on Back Searsport Road.

The Belfast Fire Department responded to a mobile home that had caught fire. While they battled the flames, they discovered human remains inside the home.

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According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, fire marshal investigators were able to narrow down the area in which the blaze began, but are still not sure what started it.

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"Investigators have narrowed the area of origin to a rear porch that contained a laundry area....Investigators examined the scene and recovered the deceased individual from the debris...The deceased individual was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, where an examination will be conducted to confirm the individual’s identity and determine the cause of death."

We're told two dogs also died in this fire. They are still trying to determine how the fire started.

Fire #2

The next evening, on Saturday, October 31st, just after 5 PM, Belfast firefighters were called to an apartment building complex in Bluebird Circle.

Belfast Fire, Maine Department of Public Safety

The fire started on the outside of the building, but spread, despite their best effort, to some of the units inside. Seven tenants of the building were displaced because of the fire, and one person was injured as they broke first-floor windows during the incident.

The Maine Department of Public Safety says the State Fire Marshal's Office was called back to the area to investigate Saturday's fire, too, and said that had a little extra caution been taken when someone put out their cigar or cigarette, the fire may have been prevented.

"Investigators from the Maine State Fire Marshal's Office determined the fire was accidental, caused by improper disposal of smoking materials... Cigarettes and other smoking materials should be fully extinguished and discarded in sturdy, noncombustible containers. They should never be discarded in mulch, vegetation, or other combustible materials near buildings."

The same advice should be used for discarding ashes from a fireplace or wood stove, too. Improperly discarded burn materials were the cause of a massive apartment fire in Presque Isle earlier this week.