Updated: Castine Road re-opens as wildfire deemed under control; crews still on scene

Firefighters battle Castine wildfire for 3rd day

A  wildfire in Castine has now burned for three days in a row  as it persists in the undergrowth and tree roots of more than three acres of woodland near the Penobscot town line. The fire is about a mile south of the intersection of Route 166A and Route 199, locally known as Castine Road and Dunbar Road, respectively. More than a dozen local fire departments have helped fight it, along with state forest rangers and other organizations. Without t…

Updated: Castine Road re-opens as wildfire deemed under control; crews still on scene

A section of the Castine Road had been closed in order to allow firefighters to work more efficiently, but just before 5 p.m. on Thursday the town of Castine put out a text alert that fire operations there were finished…