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Carbon Monoxide Cause
Carbon Monoxide Cause
Carbon Monoxide Cause
ACUSHNET - Officials have nailed down the cause of a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning that killed two people in Acushnet this week. 41-year-old Joseph Lopes and his nine-year-old son Colin were found dead in their Buttonwood Lane home Wednesday morning...
Homeless Fire
Homeless Fire
Homeless Fire
A fire at a homeless encampment in New Bedford could have been a lot worse than it was. New Bedford firefighters responded to reports of a fire behind the former Building #19 along Rt. 140 Wednesday afternoon. Upon arrival, firefighters found one of the makeshift shelters had caught fire from a homemade furnace that was being used to warm several lean-tos...
Gloucester Chief Fired
Gloucester Chief Fired
Gloucester Chief Fired
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts police chief who was honored by the White House for his work battling heroin addiction but later was accused of misleading investigators looking into allegations of improper behavior with at least two women has been fired...
Campanello on Leave
Campanello on Leave
Campanello on Leave
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police chief who was honored at the White House for his work battling opioid addiction has been placed on paid leave pending the completion of an internal city investigation. Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken announced Tuesday that Chief Leonard Campanello was put on indefinite leave, but did not disclose what initiated the investigation...
Man on Fire
Man on Fire
Man on Fire
New Bedford firefighters had to extinguish a man that had apparently caught fire in the city's North End Thursday morning. Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News fire crews responded to a report of a basement fire at a residence at 57 Lauren Drive off of Phillips Road around 9:30 Thursday morning...
Rockdale Ave Explosion
Rockdale Ave Explosion
Rockdale Ave Explosion
New Bedford and Dartmouth crews responded to an explosion on Rockdale Avenue Friday morning. New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News around 9:30am Friday morning, an employee at Marx Auto Center at 132 Rockdale Avenue near the New Bedford/Dartmouth line was using a torch to cut through a 55-gallon steel drum that had contained windshield washer fluid...
New Fire Boat Dedicated
New Fire Boat Dedicated
New Fire Boat Dedicated
The New Bedford Fire Department is at the ready on the harbor with a new fire boat. The $950,000 vessel and all necessary training was funded mostly by a Federal Port Securities grant, with the City kicking in just $238,000. The new boat was built in California...

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