New Bedford Fire Chief

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.

Firefighters and other state and local crews spent hours on Friday morning cleaning up a fuel spill from a fishing boat in New Bedford harbor.

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 supermarket shoppers may have been surprised to find one of the Market Basket access points blocked by police tape late Monday morning.

Fire crews responded to a fire at a downtown New Bedford home on Monday, marking the fifth blaze that the city's fire department has fought since Saturday and the second one today.

Seven people and their pets have been displaced in a New Bedford fire early Monday morning, according to city Fire Chief Scott Kruger, who noted that smoking material caused the blaze.

New Bedford firefighters will be ready for water rescues after receiving a state grant of nearly $50,000 for new water suits and other equipment.

New Bedford's Acting Fire Chief Scott Kruger has been named as the city's official fire chief after Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the appointment Thursday.