Topsham Fire-Rescue Mobilizes Overnight Mutual Aid for Heavy Dwelling Fire in Androscoggin County

Topsham, ME - Firefighters from Topsham Fire-Rescue responded on mutual aid early Sunday morning to assist the Lisbon Fire Department and regional partners at the scene of a multi-alarm structure fire that leveled a single-family home along Gould Road in Lisbon.

Emergency communications transmitted mutual aid dispatches just after 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2026, alerting area departments to heavy fire conditions engulfing a residential property on Gould Road.

Topsham crews arrived on scene to integrate into coordinated suppression operations alongside multiple neighboring mutual aid companies. Firefighters faced extensive, advanced fire throughout the building and established rural water supply and shuttle operations to sustain master streams and attack lines under heavy fire volume.

Despite intensive, coordinated exterior and interior efforts by operating agencies to bring the blaze under control, the structure sustained catastrophic structural damage and was declared a total loss.

Investigators confirmed that the residence was unoccupied at the time the fire broke out. No injuries were reported among civilians or responding emergency personnel. Responders completed extensive overhaul and wetting operations before clearing the fireground later that morning.