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Wareham Police have arrested a 28-year-old Sandwich man for the hit and run Friday that sent an on-duty firefighter to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries.

A vehicle drove off West Rodney French Boulevard and into the waters off West Beach. The 24-year-old driver was rescued and the car extracted from the water.

NEW BEDFORD - Firefighters battled a structure fire at the site of the former Building #19 on Hathaway Road in New Bedford Friday morning. The fire was reported shortly after 8:30 a.m. in one of the remaining structures at 19 Hathaway Road...

FALL RIVER - The widow of a Fall River firefighter who died of brain cancer may receive an accidental death benefit under newly filed legislation.
The State House News Service says Fall River State Representative Carole Fiola and Westport State Senator Michael Rodrigues have jointly filed a bill…

NEW BEDFORD - A SRTA bus was evacuated late this morning after reports of a fire.
New Bedford Deputy Fire Chief Paul Coderre tells WBSM News the bus stopped in front of 975 Rockdale Avenue when the fire was first detected in the engine compartment just after 11:30 A...

NEW BEDFORD - No injuries reported after a fire in a South End home today.
The fire was reported around noon on the first floor of 90 South Street, a three family home.
New Bedford District Fire Chief Scott Kruger says the fire was extinguished within five minutes of arrival of fire crews...

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 homem…

One firefighter was hospitalized after battling a fire at a triple decker on Third St. in Fall River Thursday morning.

A New Bedford firefighter has reportedly been run over by a firetruck.
Scanner reports indicate the incident took place around 10:45 this morning in front of the Fire Department Headquarters on Pleasant street.
New Bedford Police tell WBSM News early rerports indicate the firefighter sustained injurie…

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 morn…