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A man accused of burning a ballot box in Boston over the weekend has been arrested.

The westbound lane of Route 6 in Bourne, Massachusetts, was shut down Monday morning after a tractor trailer has caught on fire. The closure was near exit 2. The fire has been extinguished, and it appears that no one was injured, officials said.

Authorities are investigating after two vehicles were found badly damaged by fire in South Boston. Boston police said the damaged vehicles were found on National Street and at the South Boston Education Complex, respectively, Tuesday morning. Images from the National Street scene showed a badly-charred Jeep, while the car at the school complex was also badly damaged. No further information…

After two vehicles were set on fire in South Boston, arson dogs are searching the area for clues.

Three children and one adult are safe after being rescued Tuesday morning from a burning home in Brockton, Massachusetts. Firefighters were called to the three-family home on Warren Avenue just after 9 a.m. Michena Augustin, 33, who lives at the home, was set to start a new job but instead, she found herself trapped in her third-floor apartment with her…

Firefighters were able to rescue four members of the same family Tuesday morning after their home caught fire in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Four people were rescued by firefighters Tuesday morning from a burning third floor home in Brockton, Massachusetts.

The Texas Road House restaurant in Danvers caught fire Monday morning. Firefighters responded to the call at 301 Newbury Street in Danvers. The fire is contained and being cleaned up, according to the Danvers Fire Department. No further information was immediately available.

A woman who was pulled from a three-alarm fire at a Cambridge, Massachusetts house Wednesday morning has died of her injuries, fire officials said. Fire officials said the woman, who has not been identified, died of her injuries after she was taken to the hospital. She was the only occupant of the home. Three firefighters were also injured in the…

A woman who had been rescued from a fire early Wednesday morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has died from her injuries.

Two people were injured in a three-alarm fire in Cambridge Wednesday morning, including a firefighter.

Firefighters are working to put out flames in a building on Buckingham Street in Cambridge.

A three-story residential building caught fire in Dorchester Friday morning. Boston firefighters battled the three-alarm fire on Stanley Street. Flames broke out on the first and second floors just after 6 a.m. and reached the roof. No one was injured but 20 adults and 17 children are now displaced. Red Cross Massachusetts, Neighborhood Services and City of Boston’s Office of…

Boston firefighters knocked down a blaze that displaced 20 people in Dorchester.

Firefighters were battling a 5-alarm blaze on New Salem Street in Wakefield on Friday morning. The fire broke out around 3 a.m. in a garage that is used by a concrete company. It reached five alarms because of “water supply issues,” according to the Wakefield Fire Department. The structure was still smoldering about 30 minutes after it broke out. The…

Firefighters were battling a 5-alarm blaze on New Salem Street in Wakefield on Friday morning.

A large commercial building caught fire on New Salem Street in Wakefield early Friday morning.

The Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties has burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California.

Residents can return to their homes after being evacuated in Georgetown, Massachusetts, because of a gas leak on Friday morning. National Grid officials said they secured the rupture in the gas main. Georgetown police responded to the area of Searle and Tenney streets for a ruptured gas main around 7:30 a.m. National Grid was at the scene and authorities said…

A firefighter was injured early Thursday morning when battling flames that left four adults and two children displaced in Roxbury. The firefighter was taken to the hospital. A fire broke out in the basement of a four-story brick multi-family around 3 a.m. Thursday, located at 113 Harrishoff Street in Roxbury. Damages are estimated to be around $50,000, according to the…