Maine Turnpike Authority vehicles destroyed in Auburn garage fire [Video]

Millions of dollars’ worth of snow removal equipment was destroyed by a fire at a Maine Turnpike Authority maintenance garage.The fire at the garage off Hackett Road in Auburn started at about 6 p.m. Sunday, and hot spots were still popping up in the smoldering rubble shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. The hotspots prompted Auburn firefighters to return to the scene Monday evening.The maintenance garage was one of seven along the Maine Turnpike. The Auburn garage could be spotted from Interstate 95 north near mile marker 76.The fire destroyed the eight-bay garage and the eight vehicles that were inside: four plow trucks, a box truck, a loader, a traffic control truck and a van.”Two of the plow trucks were brand new. We just got them a couple of months ago,” said MTA interim executive director Peter Merfeld. “Those were over $300,000 apiece.”Merfeld was at the site of the burned-down garage …