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The City of New Bedford is attempting to deal with the fiscal fallout from the Chinese imported COVID-19 virus. Firefighters are on the casualty list.

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.

Officials have announced that a fire that broke out at the Stafford Mill earlier this month in Fall River has been ruled an arson.

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.

A string of suspicious fires rocked a concentrated area of Taunton last night, and now police are searching for a suspect.

A New Bedford man who intentionally set fire to an occupied multi-family home has been sentenced.

The mom of a Wheaton College student charged with setting fires in her dorm says she was hospitalized for an emergency psychiatric evaluation before her arrest.

Police and Fire Department officials are investigating after a car was found burning behind a local market.

Arson is suspected after officers observed fire damage to the piping, electrical panel and to the exterior of the office portion of the building.