{"id":424594,"date":"2026-08-05T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424594\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:18:08","slug":"maine-teen-charged-with-arson-after-house-fire-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424594\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Teen Charged With Arson After House Fire In Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager is charged with arson in connection with an Oakland fire at a house containing seven people.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland, Maine Teen Charged with Arson for Libby Hill Road House Fire<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and charged with arson.<\/p>\n<p>Officials then transported the juvenile to the Long Creek Youth Development Facility in South Portland.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/q1065.fm\/ixp\/697\/p\/maine-least-happy-new-england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maine Named New England&#8217;s Least Happy State<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His name is not being released because of his age.<\/p>\n<p>Seven People\u00a0Escaped an Oakland, Maine House Fire Without Injury<\/p>\n<p>The charge stems from a house fire reported around 1:00 am on July 26, 2026, at 87 Libby Hill Road in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the fire, two adults and five children were inside the house, most of whom were sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>Working smoke alarms alerted one person to the fire,\u00a0and they were able to wake everyone else in time to exit the house safely.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland, Maine House Fire Started in a Juvenile&#8217;s Bedroom<\/p>\n<p>Quick work by the Oakland Fire Department limited much of the fire damage to one bedroom and a hallway area of the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>An initial investigation by the State Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office revealed that the fire had started in the juvenile&#8217;s bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators then charged the teen with arson and took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll update this story as more details become available.<\/p>\n<p>Here Are Fire Safety Steps For Your Family<\/p>\n<p>These steps should be discussed and practiced with your entire family and anyone else who lives with you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfox95.com\/show\/dan-patrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drew Kirby\/Canva<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 Stores You Shopped At In Maine But Your Kids Have Never Heard Of<\/p>\n<p>Any person who grew up in the 70&#8217;s, 80&#8217;s or 90&#8217;s knows that shopping malls were everything but as times changes, so do stores. Here&#8217;s a list of places people in Maine shopped at during those decades that your kids have probably never heard of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Joey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager is charged with arson in connection with an Oakland fire at a house containing seven people.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[15638,723,23,15108,100,180,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-424594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-articles","tag-crime","tag-local-news","tag-maine","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}