UMaine Public Safety Notice
University of Maine police are investigating an incendiary device, apparently contained within a bottle, discovered early this afternoon outside the university’s Sawyer Environmental Research Center.
A person passing by the south side of that building noticed charred bricks on the building’s exterior and contacted the UMaine police. Officers investigated and found evidence suggesting a small explosion sometime in recent days.
There have been no suspicious reports in that area and police do not know when the incident may have occurred.
Police ask that anyone with information about this situation contact them at 581-4040 or report their suspicions anonymously online here. Police are particularly interested in information about any suspicious activity that may have been observed in that area during the past few days.