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.
New Bedford fire crews fought three separate fires simultaneously on Tuesday evening, after a garage, a vehicle, and a second floor porch in different locations all went up in flames at the same time.
A two-alarm fire at a transfer station on Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford injured one firefighter and left crews battling the blaze for hours on Tuesday.