After three fires in just days in New Bedford, Mayor Jon Mitchell is imploring the public to take advantage of fire education offered by the fire department.
A New Bedford firefighter was injured and an elderly woman was saved but badly injured in a Monday morning fire at an apartment that did not have any working smoke alarms.
Three people were rescued from a third floor apartment in a New Bedford fire Monday morning — but one elderly woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries.
New Bedford tire recycling facilities are coming under increased scrutiny, after one facility that has seen multiple fires and workplace violations in recent years is being fined $16,000 by MassDEP.
A New Bedford longshoreman has been injured after he was crushed between two pallets while unloading a ship in an incident on Monday morning, according to New Bedford Fire Chief Scott Kruger.
New Bedford's fire department says no residents or firefighters were injured in a house fire that displaced one person and a dog in the city's far North End on Sunday evening — but officials say solar panels "played a role" in the fire.
A large fire at a North End tire recycling facility in New Bedford has blocked traffic on Brook Street from Sawyer to Deane streets since around noon on Thursday.