New Bedford Fire

NEW BEDFORD—New Bedford Firefighters have been battling a major fire at 169 Mount Vernon Street throughout Sunday afternoon. The site is the former location of ServePro, but New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes told WBSM News it is currently some sort of operation that involves the storage of portable toilets...

The Red Cross is assisting two families following a porch fire Monday afternoon at 623 Cottage Street in New Bedford. District Chief Michael Dandurand says the fire was caused by carelessly discarded cigarettes. He says the fire was put out quickly but the flames destroyed the tenament's electrical service...

Mass. State Police have identified the man killed in a single car, rollover crash Tuesday morning on Route 140 in New Bedford. State police say 66-year old Lazaro Rosa of New Bedford lost control of his 2010 Honda as he entered the Philips Road-Church Street Exit from Route 140 southbound...

BREAKING NEWS.  New Bedford Firefighters are battling a structure fire at 45 Richmond St. A dispatcher tells WBSM News, they received an initial report that a propane tank exploded in the back of the building, igniting the fire around 1:30pm...

For the second time in ten days, New Bedford firefighters respond to Rodney Metals on East Rodney French Boulevard to douse a fire on the building's roof. Crews responded about 1:45 Saturday afternoon.  District Chief James Clark tells WBSM News, exhaust from a boiler pushed through ductwork, and is igniting flamable material on the roof...

The Red Cross reports that 15 people were left without a home Saturday when a fire broke out at a rooming house on Ashley Blvd.

Police and Fire units were called to the Downtown New Bedford Post Office Thursday evening to investigate a report of a suspicious package at the rear of the building.  The Post Office had received a large envelope with no markings on it, and an object inside...