{"id":80987,"date":"2026-05-15T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:28:10","slug":"explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A large fire and explosion Friday at a lumber mill in Maine injured at least 10 people, officials said. The blaze was still active as of late Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland, Mike Sauschuck, commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety, said during a news conference. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sauschuck said he could not provide the exact number of people injured, &#8220;or where they were working or who they were working for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/620x358\/dfd64a1de3cd9ab45c79fd42ee7af62a\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg#\" alt=\"a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg \" height=\"358\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/620x358\/dfd64a1de3cd9ab45c79fd42ee7af62a\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1240x716\/7cb80936b81e720399952205fa9fea4a\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A photo from the Thorndike Fire Department shows the fire at the Robbins Lumber mill in Maine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Thorndike Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, which has a Level 1 trauma designation, said it was anticipating 10 patients to its emergency department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Thorndike Fire Department said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=122135111727122078&amp;id=61583662361295&amp;ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a> that multiple firefighters and civilians were injured. The department also said multiple fire trucks were lost to fire.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they do not know the cause of the fire at this time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7848076b-5c06-40d1-a649-f70d9f772c7e\/thumbnail\/620x1109\/d4bf5d46a39316ea08638317126c8258\/ap26135647540671.jpg#\" alt=\"Lumber Mill Explosion \" height=\"1109\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7848076b-5c06-40d1-a649-f70d9f772c7e\/thumbnail\/620x1109\/d4bf5d46a39316ea08638317126c8258\/ap26135647540671.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7848076b-5c06-40d1-a649-f70d9f772c7e\/thumbnail\/1240x2218\/fafcc9972b1fba280e0c293241177e9e\/ap26135647540671.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This image made from video provided by Tiffany Mannarini shows a plume of smoke from a large fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, Friday, May 15, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Tiffany Mannarini via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Catherine Robbins-Halsted, an owner at Robbins Lumber, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MwkjyyOyf3Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Friday<\/a> that all of the company&#8217;s employees were accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>Robbins Lumber, a family-owned business, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rlco.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened in 1881<\/a> and now manages 30,000 acres of its own forests, according to the company. In 1957, the mill &#8220;burned to the ground&#8221; after a fire, but was rebuilt and added a new sawmill. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maine Sen. Susan Collins said in a social media post that &#8220;the Robbins family is beloved in the Searsmont community, and Robbins Lumber is a piece of Maine history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have known the family for many years,&#8221; Collins said in the post. &#8220;My heart goes out to them, their employees, and the first responders who have come from all over the region to help in the emergency response. This is a very sad crisis, and all those affected are in my prayers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maine Gov. Janet Mills said in a social media post that she was briefed on the fire in Searsmont and urged civilians to stay clear of the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask Maine people to join me in keeping all those affected in their thoughts,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/explosion-maine-searsmont-lumber-mill-firefighters\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large fire and explosion Friday at a lumber mill in Maine injured at least 10 people, officials said. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1040,821,756],"class_list":["post-80987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us","tag-fire","tag-firefighters","tag-maine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\"},\"wordCount\":400,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Fire\",\"Firefighters\",\"Maine\"],\"articleSection\":[\"U.S.\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\",\"name\":\"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News","description":"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News","og_description":"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze","datePublished":"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/"},"wordCount":400,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Fire","Firefighters","Maine"],"articleSection":["U.S."],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/","name":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-15T22:28:10+00:00","description":"Firefighters responded to a fire and explosion at 10 a.m. at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, about 95 miles from Portland.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/explosion-at-maine-lumber-mill-leaves-at-least-10-injured-as-firefighters-battle-intense-blaze\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Explosion at Maine lumber mill leaves at least 10 injured as firefighters battle intense blaze"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"A large fire and explosion Friday at a lumber mill in Maine injured at least 10 people, officials said. The","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["U.S."],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":7,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/91a7dbce-3330-4f92-8545-802c5d79f9cf\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/bcf88b4782bfc08d75f306a12fb78d42\/a2c39a17-a020-46db-aaa6-ea5b84d76af2.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-33\">U.S.<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}