Wareham Fire Department

A construction worker who fell more than 20 feet below ground into a pit on Tuesday morning has been rescued, according to a Wareham Fire Department spokesperson.

Two people required extrication from their heavily damaged vehicles this morning in a crash on Route 25 East in Wareham, according to the Wareham Fire Department.

On Thursday afternoon, Wareham fire crews responded to a delivery van fire in which they salvaged several packages from the blaze.

Businesses were evacuated and a highway closed for nearly an hour this morning in Wareham as fire crews responded to a leaking gas main.

A Wareham woman escaped out of a window with her baby in a house fire early Saturday that was caused by a charging hoverboard, according to the fire department.

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

A tractor trailer driver was trapped in a crash on Route 25 earlier today and had to be airlifted to the hospital — after which six other incidents saw three more people injured.

Both on- and off-duty fire crews responded to a fire in Wareham early Monday morning in which a pet cat died and a home was destroyed in the blaze that also damaged a neighboring house.

The Wareham Fire Department posted a warning to the SouthCoast on Facebook over the weekend.

Three people, including an infant, were sent to the hospital following a crash involving a car box truck at the Wareham Crossing on Wednesday morning.