LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Since the three major apartment fires that displaced nearly 200 people in Lewiston, there have been two more juvenile fires, according to Lewiston Fire Investigator Paul Ouellette.

An 11-year-old boy attempted to set the dumpster behind D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches on Lisbon Street around 4:40 p.m. Friday, said Ouellette.

He said the boy told him he thought it was okay to set fires, after the three arsons in the city in the last three weeks. In two of the arsons, 12-year-old boys have been charged.

Ouellette said this Monday, a 13-year-old boy attempted to light an apartment buliding on Oxford Street on fire. He only scorched the walls in that building.

Both incidents are under investigation.

LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Senator Angus King was in Lewiston Friday, touring the rubble of the three fires set in the city over the course of just one week.

All of those fires either were set in or spread to condemned and vacant buildings, and Lewiston officials are hoping for federal aid to help tear down the large number of other condemned buildings in the city.

Senator King isn't making any promises. But he said Maine's whole congressional delegation is trying to match Lewiston's needs with a variety of federal programs.

Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau says Lewiston's short term demolition costs are 2 to 3 million dollars, and the city also wants to do some planning work on how to revitalize this part of town.

AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- After watching ten buildings burn in Lewiston this month, Auburn City officials are keeping a closer eye on their own vacant and condemned properties.

The City of Auburn has compiled a list of at least 65 buildings for inspection and patrol.

The Auburn Fire Department already does building inspections every Thursday, but now, members of the Volunteers in Police Service program are checking on those bulidings, too.

"It has become a bigger priority," said Eric Cousens, Director of Planning and Permitting.

He said Auburn's vacant and condemned buildings are more scattered throughout the city than Lewiston's, which adds a challenge.

"I think it may make it a little more difficult as far as monitoring, because you have to travel farther to cover all the buildings," said Cousens.

In Lewiston, city officials are pleased with the efforts to address condemned properties.