Wareham 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.

Multiple emergency response units responded to the Cape Cod Canal on Sunday night in response to a vessel sinking in the area with multiple people on board.

At approximately 7:07 a.m., Wareham Fire crews responded to the eastbound lanes just before Exit 21 for reports of a tractor unit that had caught on fire.

Multiple media outlets report that the Wareham Fire Department has confirmed the incident at the intersection of Freight House Road and Minot Avenue at around 8:00 p.m.

The 78-year-old St. Patrick’s Church, located near Tobey Hospital on 82 High Street, is closed as the result of $500,000 in damages caused by the fire.

Everyone is safe following a serious fire in Wareham this morning.