New Bedford crews battled five major fires in seven days. Acting Fire Chief Scott Kruger provided WBSM News with an update on the status of the investigations.
A New Bedford man who intentionally set fire to two separate occupied multi-family homes in October of 2017 was sentenced to serve up to five years in prison.
A man who admitted to setting fire to a New Bedford apartment building and later had to be returned from Puerto Rico has now been sentenced to state prison.
A 46-year-old Taunton man was arrested and charged with intentionally setting five fires in the city last week within the span of approximately two hours.