Fire damages heating system at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor

Fire damages heating system at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor

Firefighters from several departments battled a two-alarm fire at the Jackson Laboratory Tuesday. The fire call came in at about 1 p.m. and within minutes of arriving, Bar Harbor Fire Chief Matt Bartlett determined there was an active fire inside a vessel within Building 65, a boiler building. The department called for more manpower and the fire was contained, with firefighters at the scene for approximately 90 minutes. The fire was in a “hopper…