OLD TOWN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Part of French Island is now reopened after several cars derailed just before 11:00 Tuesday morning.

The thirty-three car train derailed in two places, effectively blocking off all three roads leading to the residential section of the island for about three hours.

In one section, two green boxcars partially tipped over. The second derailment was on a bridge connecting the rail from old town to the island. There a boxcar -- which sat between six cars holding liquid propane -- had also derailed.

Old Town fire officials said as many as 18 cars may have been affected by the derailment.

"I've always thought about how it would be inconvenient to have one stop there, but derailing is even worse," said French Island resident Seth Warren.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor City Council is giving a resident one more chance to salvage his property even though he's had 11 years to do so.

David Brown owns 34 Holland Street in Bangor and hoped to rent it out, but a fire 11 years ago made it uninhabitable.  His sister, Judy Judkins says that as a Vietnam veteran, Brown has struggled with serious illnesses that have prevented him from fixing up the home and paying his taxes.  Judkins learned of this issue for the first time last week, and says now that she will act as a property manager to help him reconstruct the building.

"He wants to rent it out for a stream of income in his old age," Judkins said. "He couldn't hold a regular job and get a retirement program 401K like everyone else because of his PTSD problems."

BRADFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A family of eight is safe after firefighters from seven different departments battled a basement fire in their Bradford home.

It happened at 689 Main Road. Fire officials got the call just before 11 a.m.

Bradford Fire Chief Scott DeMoranville says one of the family members at home at the time of the fire is a lieutenant with his department. According to DeMoranville, the lieutenant used his fire knowledge to get himself, family members and pets out of the home safely.

"They saw a haze of smoke in the living room," said the chief. "When they began investigating further to see where it was coming from, after he felt the basement door, he opened it and black smoke rolled out. He closed the door up and called 911."

The fire marshal is expected to determine the cause of the fire.