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Dozens of firefighters were called to Wareham, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon, as a fire ravaged a large multi-family home, sending one firefighter and one resident to the hospital.

One firefighter and one other person were injured in the blaze.

A 16-year-old girl was killed in a crash late Monday night in Wareham, according to Massachusetts State Police. The teenager was driving a 2008 Toyota Sienna southbound on I-495, when the minivan veered off the road and into the grass median, before hitting an embankment and striking a tree, according to a news release. She was the only person in…

A double fatal shooting in Wareham, Massachusetts, is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, officials announced. Massachusetts State Police detectives were called by the Wareham Police Department to respond to the incident around 5 p.m. Friday, according to a tweet from Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz. “Preliminarily, it appears to be a murder/suicide,” Cruz wrote on Twitter. The...

A camper was destroyed in a fire overnight in Wareham, Massachusetts, but firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to a nearby home. Firefighters were called to a home on Marion Road shortly after 3 a.m. Monday for a reported trailer fire. Fifteen firefighters battled the blaze and were able to get it under control and prevent it…

A firefighter was taken to the hospital for a heat-related issue after the Wareham Fire Department responded to a fire late Sunday night. Wareham fire responded to Longmeadow Drive just after 11 p.m. Sunday, and “found multiple items burning directly in front of the garage,” according to a news release from the agency. Firefighters were able to quickly know the fire...

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

After water tests showed unsafe levels of bacteria at Little Harbor Beach, the waterfront was closed for about a day.

A person was flown to the hospital after their SUV fell 30 feet down an embankment onto the beach in Onset, Massachusetts, early Friday morning, fire officials said. Six people in total were hurt in the crash off Onset Avenue near Hotel Road, and they had injuries ranging from severe to minor, according to the Onset Fire Department. The crash…

Authorities say a woman who had been reported missing in Wareham, Massachusetts, has been found. Very few details were released. Massachusetts State Police said a search had been focused on the area of Marks Cove. Police later said the woman had been found alive in a different location.

Some streetlights in the Wareham village of Onset have been out for years.

Residents in Onset, Massachusetts, reached out to the NBC10 Investigators to help get the streetlights back on. According to town records, some of them have been out for years. Drew Framson said people are fed up. “If you can’t walk the streets safely at night… something’s not right,” Framson said. According to the Town of Wareham, the ornamental streetlights...

After initially being told the $200,000 cleanup cost from a heating oil leak would not be covered by insurance, a Massachusetts family received some good news Thursday. Emmaline and Brian Proctor, who bought their house in Wareham in 2020, have been searching for answers since oil poured out of their tank last month. Narragansett Bay Insurance Company told them their…

A Massachusetts family is on the hook for a $200,000 bill after a leak of home heating oil that was not covered by their insurance. August of 2020 was a milestone moment for Emmaline and Brian Proctor, who bought a new house in Wareham. “We were so excited to get this house. The first time we saw it, we just…

A Wareham family is facing a $200,000 bill after the heating oil leaked in their home.

With Christmas quickly approaching, Amazon delivery vehicles are perhaps a familiar sight now more than ever. Drivers have been busy delivering last-minute gifts to people’s front porches across the country, with many anxiously awaiting their online purchases. But one driver’s shift didn’t go quite as planned when the Amazon delivery van caught fire Thursday in a neighborhood in Wareham,...

A large police investigation is underway at a motel in Wareham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning.

Police are investigating after a 31-year-old man was found dead in a motel room in Wareham, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning. The man was found dead after a well-being check on a room at the Village Motel at 2739 Cranberry Highway, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene after police were called about…

No one was hurt, fire officials said.

A woman and her infant escaped a Wareham, Massachusetts, house fire early Saturday morning that firefighters said was caused by a charging hoverboard. The Wareham Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting the house fire on Rose Point Avenue around 12:55 a.m. According to officials, the caller said she was in the house with an infant and unable to…