New Bedford Fire

Brian D. Nobrega Jr. of New Bedford has been selected to succeed Mark M. Mahoney, who retired at the end of 2016 but has continued to serve on an interim basis, as the city's next Director of Emergency Management.

A reported explosion and an afternoon fire have left a number of people displaced from their homes in New Bedford's South End.

New Bedford Police have charged two people with arson in connection with a fire Thursday night in the city's North End.

FEMA awarded 12 fire departments in Massachusetts over $2.2 million in federal grants Monday, including $74,000 to the New Bedford Fire Department to purchase equipment known as the "Jaws of Life."

Yet another suspicious fire is under investigation in New Bedford's near North End.

NEW BEDFORD — Another fire was reported in New Bedford early Thursday morning. However, this fire was in the South End, unlike the three suspicious fires reported earlier this week in the near North End. Police received a report of a motor vehicle fire at 1:44 a...

NEW BEDFORD — A rash of arson cases across a concentrated area of New Bedford has fire and police officials very concerned. "We have a number of fires in a fairly confined area of, I would call it the near North End, and it's very concerning to us," New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes told WBSM News...

New Bedford Firefighters made quick work last night of what could have been a devastating fire at the Harborview Apartment complex at 280 Acushnet Avenue. First to arrive on scene Fire Chief James Fortin tells WBSM News he saw, "fire blowing out of the fifth floor window...

NEW BEDFORD — A heavy fire broke out Wednesday night in a New Bedford apartment building just outside of downtown. The fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. in Apartment 5G at the Harborview Towers apartment complex at 60 South Second Street...

The New Bedford Fire and Police Departments were called to West Beach Wednesday afternoon after a report of a grenade being found on the beach. Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News the device found was indeed a grenade. He said, "It had been inerted at some time in the past and did not pose a hazard...