New Bedford Fire

Wednesday after midnight crews battled a fire in a vacant house on a dead-end street in a dense neighborhood.

New Bedford, like many older cities in the northeast, has to constantly figure out how to fund services that keep the public safe. Mayor Mitchell has a plan.

Crews battled the three-alarm blaze in the bitter cold. The building will be demolished, authorities said.

All crews were working in the rain for a general alarm fire on Washburn Street.

Councilors voted 8-1 to send a message to Mayor Jon Mitchell about budget cuts to fire apparatus at the Acushnet Avenue station.

Ammonia, used in refrigeration, is corrosive to the skin, eyes, and lungs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Firefighters were dispatched to an apartment building at 135 Dartmouth St. in the South End.

Crews this morning (June 12) are battling a two-alarm structure fire at 29 Ashley Street near the corner of Ruth Street in the South End of New Bedford.
Around 9:30 a.m. scanner traffic indicated that New Bedford Fire Department ladder trucks were on the scene of a three-story vacant wood-frame apart…

Duncan Dottin Place is a 93-unit complex located in the city's North End.

Two structures were involved and a third reportedly scorched in a three-alarm fire in the North End.