Overview
- Neighbors rescued 74-year-old Jerrold Wentworth from a second-floor window after crews reached a Plains Road home already engulfed in flames.
- Jerrold told responders that his wife, 75-year-old Carolyn Wentworth, was still inside the house.
- Heavy fire conditions prevented firefighters from making an interior search.
- State fire investigators later found a deceased person in debris where Carolyn had been sleeping and sent the body to the medical examiner to confirm identity and determine cause of death.
- Jerrold Wentworth is hospitalized in serious condition as officials continue to investigate what started the Readfield fire.