The fire chief in Millbury, Mass., has been hospitalized after flames hit three homes and caused several propane tanks to explode. Chief Richard Hamilton was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester early Wednesday with heat exhaustion and dehydration. He …
Fire officials say a blaze tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts. Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone says the complex’s five buildings collapsed in the early Sunday fire. Ciccone says none of the neighboring buildings caught fire. Crews …
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the improper disposal of smoking materials led to a massive fire in Massachusetts that destroyed three multifamily homes and damaged several other buildings. Officials say the fire started around 3:30 p.m. Sunday when a …
A legal dispute is brewing between insurance company Liberty Mutual and Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of single-cup coffee machines. The Boston-based insurer has filed a lawsuit that alleges that a Massachusetts woman’s Keurig coffee machine was responsible for a …
Massachusetts fire officials say smoking around a medical oxygen system was the likely cause of a fatal fire in Haverhill. A 68-year-old man died in a house fire that started around 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The State Fire Marshal’s Office …
Fire investigators on Sunday were trying to determine what caused a massive blaze that ripped through a Boston-area neighborhood, displacing an estimated 60 to 80 people but “miraculously” resulting in no serious injuries or deaths. While the 10-alarm fire Saturday …
Firefighters struggled to put down a large fire that jumped from one building to another across a densely-populated neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A large plume of smoke could be seen for miles on Saturday afternoon as heavy flames engulfed multi-family …
Police are looking for an employee of a Massachusetts Wal-Mart they say set three fires inside the store, forcing the disposal of all the food on the sales floor. Police say they identified the suspect through security video. She was …
Fire officials said a four alarm blaze tore through a home under renovation in South Boston and caused an estimated $1 million in damage. Commissioner Joseph Finn said the fire at the East 4th Street property broke out at about …
