fires

It was a tough fight as tankers shuttled water between a hydrant at Myricks and Kingman streets and the fire scene.

It was the third major fire in downtown Middleboro within a 36-hour period.

Conditions remain dry, and residents are still urged to conserve water and prevent the spread of wildfires.

Middleborough Gas & Electric cut power to a circuit, allowing firefighters to extinguish the blaze.

Anyone with information is asked to call Massachusetts State Police.

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.

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 former firefighter in Fall River allegedly reported non-existent fires in order to steal money to use to buy drugs.

Fire departments from several SouthCoast communities responded to multiple reports of brush fires along Route 140 this morning.

The pressure in the natural gas pipelines prior to a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts last week was 12 times higher than it should have been.