Firefighters settle lawsuit linked to deadly 2019 Farmington explosion
Claims filed last year in a civil lawsuit against two companies in connection with the deadly building explosion in Farmington in September 2019 have been resolved. In October 2020, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Diana Bell, personal representative of the estate of Captain Michael Bell; his brother, Fire Chief Terry Bell; Deputy Chef Clyde Ross; Captain Timothy Hardy; Captain Scott Baxter; his father Theodore Baxter; and Joseph Hastings, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported. Bell, 68, a 30-year veteran with the division, was killed in the blast and the others were seriously or critically injured. The lawsuit alleged negligence by CN Brown Co. of South Paris and Techno Metal Post Maine of Manchester. The nonprofit LEAP Inc., which cares for adults with developmental disabilities, was named as the third-party defendant after the lawsuit was filed, the newspaper reported. The lawsuit was settled through an agreement between all parties and the case will not be