Collector cars and tools lost in blaze
Garage, a total loss after fire. Photo courtesy of the Blue Hill Fire Department.
Nov. 11, 2026
By Michael Colombo
Firefighters from numerous towns were called at 11:44 p.m. on Tuesday night to a structure fire on the Ellsworth Road in Blue Hill. The fire was threatening to spread to a second building next to it, as well as to three tow-behind camper trailers.
Blue Hill Fire Chief John Chapman said he called Penobscot, Surry, Sedgwick, Brooklin and Brooksville right away for water tankers. Sedgwick asked Deer Isle to cover its station, and Penobscot asked Castine to do the same. About 35 firefighters from those departments came to the scene. The first crews arrived in about six minutes and found the garage fully engulfed, with two collector cars inside.
Everyone was out of the buildings. No one was hurt, and no pets were lost. Crews knocked the fire down quickly, but the chief said the building should be considered a total loss. In addition to the two collector cars, the garage, which was an older wood building, was full of tools.
The cause is still under investigation, and the state fire marshal is expected at the scene today, Nov. 11.
