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New Bedford Fire Chief Scott Kruger tells WBSM News, 9-1-1 calls started coming in just before 5am.

The incident happened around 5 a.m.

Firefighters spent more than four hours at the scene.

Fire caused extensive damage to a three family home at 211 Church Street in New Bedford on Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the scene just after 1pm and spent about two hours battling the flames and smoke. Fire Chief Michael Gomes says one firefighter inside the building was injured when part of the structure fell and knocked off his air-mask...

A house fire Friday night in the Assonet section of Freetown caused extensive damage to the basement and first and second floors of the structure. Fire crews responded shortly before 8pm to 4 Dana Lee Drive. A spokesman says firefighters spent more than two hours at the scene battling smoke and flames...

A fire causes extensive damage to a tenament building early Saturday in New Bedford's South End. The fire was reported around 12:45am at 29 Salisbury Street. District Chief Michael Dandurand tells WBSM News, when firefighters arrived, they found flames and smoke throughout the building...

Two people were injured Saturday morning in a two-car collision at Purchase and Union Streets in Downtown New Bedford.  Police and Fire crews responded to the crash just after 6:30am.  One of the cars involved was on a sidewalk at the northwest corner of the intersection...

A massive fire overnight destroys a barn at a Gifford Road dairy farm in Westport. Lt. Dan Baldwin says firefighters responded to 733 Gifford Road around 10pm, and found a large barn fully involved with flames. Forty-five minutes later, the barn collapsed and flames threatened two nearby homes...

Brush fires along Route 140 Northbound in Lakeville kept firefighters busy for about five hours Thursday afternoon. Deputy Chief David Goodfellow says the fire charred an estimated 14-16 acres of woodlands, from Route 140 to Old Stonewall Road and Pickens Street in Lakeville...

A landscaping truck hauling a trailer and a SERTA bus collided Thursday afternoon in the westbound lane of route six, near Burger King . Fairhaven Police Sgt. Kevin Kobza says there were no injuries. Six people were onboard the bus. He says damage was slight to both vehicles...