Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 18 : Fall 2013 | Page 48

Old Name,
New FAce
By Steven Daigle

Roughly a year ago on October 3, Valley Auto,
the local GM auto dealership located in the heart of Fort
Kent, caught fire around 9 a.m. The flames engulfed the
building and by 11 a.m. the entire dealership was close to
complete rubble. Seven different fire departments arrived
on the scene to fight the blaze. They were able to save all
nearby buildings along with no reported injuries. This was
the second tragic fire of that year to occur in Fort Kent.
Earlier that same year, another large blaze had been fought
by the same St. John Valley fire departments at the former
Nadeau’s House of Furniture store. “We are going to take
this one day at a time,” Carl Theriault, Valley Auto owner,
said to the Bangor Daily News the morning of the fire. “We
just ha