Water cooler suspected in house fire

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LEWISTON, Maine - Police made quick work of a kitchen fire on Pleasant Street on Friday but heat and fast-moving flames caused heavy damage at the single-family home.

The 1:45 p.m. blaze at 340 Pleasant St. burned through a kitchen and into the attic while heat melted a television and other items in different parts of the house.

Nobody was at home when the fire began, and there were no injuries. Investigators said a man who lives there left roughly 20 minutes before the fire flared up.

Fire investigators were looking at a kitchen water cooler as a possible cause of the blaze. Damage to the house was estimated at $50,000.