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Investigators are reminding homeowners to never to use flammable liquid to start a wood stove.
This following a fire on Civic Center Drive in Augusta that injured two people Saturday.
Augusta fire officials say 38 year-old Michael O'Leary was taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland after suffering serious burns.
We're told he's in critical condition.
They say he was starting a fire in a wood stove with a flammable liquid.
His wife, 36 year-old Amanda O'Leary, was taken to Maine General in Augusta for smoke inhalation and was released.
The family dog died in the fire.
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