Cranes lift a silo that was at the center of an explosion at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont on May 15. Credit: Maine Office of State Fire Marshal We’re fundraising to support the newsroom this spring.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 30, a farm owner noticed the smell of smoke coming from a 70-foot stave silo in the town of Byron, in rural Fond du Lac County, and called the fire department.