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Heavy smoke rose from the roof of the stadium on Tuesday afternoon in a fire that injured one employee inside.

Firefighters responded to a stove burn accident early Sunday morning in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. According to Chelmsford Fire Chief Gary Ryan, firefighters were called to 19 Buckman Drive around 10:54 a.m. for an investigation. The fire crew arrived at the site to find one female who had sustained minor burns from a gas wood stove, Ryan said. She was transferred to a…

Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly setting a fire at a Lewiston, Maine, apartment building over the weekend that resulted in the death of a 70-year-old man. Authorities announced Tuesday that two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old had been taken into custody on arson charges. They were transported to the Long Creek Correctional Facility, a youth prison located in South…

One person is dead and a firefighter was injured after a fire broke out at a home in Northboro, Massachusetts, Friday morning.

One person is dead and a Southboro firefighter has minor injuries after a fire broke out at a home in Northboro, Massachusetts, Friday morning.

One person is dead and a firefighter was injured after a fire broke out at a home in Northboro, Massachusetts, Friday morning. Seven people lived in the two-story Maple Street home and six managed to escape, Northboro Fire Chief David Parenti said. Firefighters were also able to rescue a cat. A man was found dead in a second floor bedroom,…

A fiery explosion that killed a man in Maynard, Massachusetts, last week was caused by an underground gas line that leaked and ignited in a crawlspace in the basement, officials said Tuesday. The officials, Maynard fire Chief Anthony Stowers and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey, also noted the importance of quickly reporting gas leaks. The explosion and subsequent fire on…

Five people are displaced after a house caught fire overnight on Spruce Street in Watertown, Massachusetts. One firefighter suffered a minor injury. The Cambridge Fire Department was on scene to help put out the flames. No further information was immediately available.

The fire was raging overnight at 32 Perthshire Road in Brighton, Massachusetts.

A fire ripped through a home in Brighton, leaving one person dead. Witnesses said he had helped his girlfriend be rescued.

A person died in a house fire in Brighton, while a woman was rescued, Boston firefighters said.

A person died in a fire that erupted in the rear of a building in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood just after midnight Monday morning, fire officials said. Another person was taken to the hospital, along with two firefighters, after a resident of the building was rescued from the roof amid “extremely difficult conditions,” Boston Fire Commissioner John Dempsey said. Neighbors...

Residents of Pollock Pines and surrounding areas have been able to return home and resume some of their regular activities.

Two days after a deadly gas-related explosion and fire at a home in Maynard, Massachusetts, two leaks were reported in the town, fire officials said Saturday. Neither of the Saturday morning leaks are believed to have posed a risk to the public, Maynard fire Chief Anthony Stowers said in a news release. The first leak was reported, thanks to the…

A man is dead after a home explosion in Maynard, Massachusetts.

A massive fire tore through six homes in Jefferson Parish before crews eventually brought in pumps to fight the fire with water from the Bayou and from Ida’s floods.

Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Friday morning. The blaze was first reported around 10:30 a.m. in a multi-unit building on Harbor Avenue. The American Red Cross said it is responding to the scene. No further information was immediately available.

A man died and three emergency responders were injured in a reported explosion at a house in Maynard, Massachusetts, Thursday evening.

Two Maynard police officers and a firefighter were taken by ambulance to an area hospital with injuries that are believed to be non-life threatening, the fire chief said.

Crews were on the scene of a house fire Wednesday morning in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The roof of the Bonney Street home appeared to be burned off. No further information was immediately available.