Onset Fire Department

No injuries have been reported after two boats in Onset Harbor were simultaneously struck by lightning during a thunderstorm Tuesday evening, causing a fire on a fishing vessel.

A vehicle had to be pulled from the water off Onset Pier on Friday night and its occupant taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Five people have been taken to the hospital after a single-car crash in Onset, Wareham in which the car went down a 30-foot embankment and landed on the beach.

Officials are investigating after a structure fire on Robinwood Road at around 8:51 p.m. on Wednesday is believed to have been set on purpose.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in an Onset house fire last, but all residents and their pets escaped unharmed.

Part of Cranberry Highway was reportedly closed to traffic and businesses evacuated this afternoon after construction crews caused a natural gas leak.

Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries Monday afternoon after a dirt bike crash at the Wareham Motocross Track.

Members of the Wareham Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer hauling debris that was on fire Thursday afternoon.

According to Wareham Week, Onset firefighters responded to the former Benny's building after its roof partially collapsed on Thursday.

WAREHAM — A Wareham man faces animal cruelty charges after he allowed an unleashed dog to wander in and out of traffic on busy Cranberry Highway, and left another in his house as it filled with natural gas. According to a release on the Department's Facebook page, on October 21, the Wareham Department of Natural Resources was notified of an individual who was having a medical emergency that also h