WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » fire http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 West End Fire Causes Extensive Damage http://wbsm.com/west-end-fire-causes-extensive-damage/ http://wbsm.com/west-end-fire-causes-extensive-damage/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 00:32:40 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=78052 A smokey fire Friday afternoon at 1315 Brigham Street in New Bedford kept firefighters busy for more than two hours. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/west-end-fire-causes-extensive-damage/feed/ 0 btusdin, flickr Huge Fires on Oil Barges in Alabama Finally Out; Three People in Critical Condition http://wbsm.com/huge-fires-on-oil-barges-in-alabama-finally-out-three-people-in-critical-condition/ http://wbsm.com/huge-fires-on-oil-barges-in-alabama-finally-out-three-people-in-critical-condition/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:27:51 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=160868 On Wednesday night, an enormous fire exploded on two oil barges docked on the Mobile river in Alabama, badly injuring three people. After burning for hours, the flames are now out.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/huge-fires-on-oil-barges-in-alabama-finally-out-three-people-in-critical-condition/feed/ 0 ABC New Bedford Fire at Liberty Street http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fire/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fire/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:21:22 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=70852 It took New Bedford firefighters about 20 minutes to put out a fire in a vacant house at 40 Liberty Street Tuesday afternoon.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fire/feed/ 0 Two-Alarm Fire in New Bedford Wednesday Morning http://wbsm.com/two-alarm-fire-in-new-bedford-wednesday-morning/ http://wbsm.com/two-alarm-fire-in-new-bedford-wednesday-morning/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:48:10 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=66986 New Bedford Firefighters had their hands full early Wednesday morning as they responded to a 2 alarm fire at 1:15 that was confined to the first floor business,  Just in Advertising at 204 Union Street. Fire Chief Michael Gomes.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/two-alarm-fire-in-new-bedford-wednesday-morning/feed/ 0 btusdin, flickr Snake Sets House on Fire in Texas http://wbsm.com/snake-sets-house-on-fire-in-texas/ http://wbsm.com/snake-sets-house-on-fire-in-texas/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:10:17 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=64783 Usually odd stories come from Florida, but this time it's from Texas.  While doing her spring cleaning in the yard a woman saw a snake, put some gasoline on the snake and set it on fire. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/snake-sets-house-on-fire-in-texas/feed/ 0 KSLA Wareham Couple Arrested After Strange Fire http://wbsm.com/wareham-couple-arrested-after-strange-fire/ http://wbsm.com/wareham-couple-arrested-after-strange-fire/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:09:26 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=59707 A Wareham couple has been arrested following a bizarre sequence of events in the town.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/wareham-couple-arrested-after-strange-fire/feed/ 0 Wareham police Station Club Fire Tenth Anniversary Memorial Service in Rhode Island http://wbsm.com/station-club-fire-tenth-anniversary-memorial-service-in-rhode-island/ http://wbsm.com/station-club-fire-tenth-anniversary-memorial-service-in-rhode-island/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:21:58 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=57274 In advance of Wednesday's tenth anniversary of the Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, a memorial service was held Sunday in West Warwick for the 100 people who died in the fire.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/station-club-fire-tenth-anniversary-memorial-service-in-rhode-island/feed/ 0 Getty Images Hundreds Killed In Brazil Nighclub Fire http://wbsm.com/hundreds-killed-in-brazil-nighclub-fire/ http://wbsm.com/hundreds-killed-in-brazil-nighclub-fire/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:47:25 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=51173 Early Sunday morning a deadly fire broke out at a popular nightclub in Southern Brazil, and now at least 220 people are dead, and firefighters expect the death toll to climb.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/hundreds-killed-in-brazil-nighclub-fire/feed/ 0 Google Maps Imagine Fighting a Fire in Frigid Weather http://wbsm.com/imagine-fighting-a-fire-in-frigid-weather/ http://wbsm.com/imagine-fighting-a-fire-in-frigid-weather/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:11:30 +0000 Pete Braley http://wbsm.com/?p=50307 It happened early today in Chicago. Firefighters had to put out a blaze at a warehouse. The whole area ended up encased in ice. Our thoughts go out to our first responders and everyone else that must work outside in this weather

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]]> http://wbsm.com/imagine-fighting-a-fire-in-frigid-weather/feed/ 0 Getty Images Early Morning Fire In Westport http://wbsm.com/early-morning-fire-in-westport/ http://wbsm.com/early-morning-fire-in-westport/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:35:21 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=49363 Westport firefighters are looking for a cause of a fire that left at least one family temporarily homeless.

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