Retired Bangor firefighter saves family during devastating blaze

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Retired Bangor firefighter saves family during devastating blaze

When retired Bangor firefighter Phillip “Jethro” Dow realized his Palermo home was on fire Saturday night, he pulled his bedridden father-in-law out of the house and got four other people to safety. Dow was supposed out of the house and at military-related commitment when the family noticed a hot, electrical smell around the furnace and then discovered the roof of the house was on fire around 10 p.m., said Jared Willey, a Bangor firefighter and …