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New Bedford and Dartmouth crews responded to an explosion on Rockdale Avenue Friday morning. New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News around 9:30am Friday morning, an employee at Marx Auto Center at 132 Rockdale Avenue near the New Bedford/Dartmouth line was using a torch to cut through a 55-gallon steel drum that had contained windshield washer fluid...

A former Lakeville Fire Lieutenant is facing an attempted rape charge from a second accuser. Lt. Tom Dunlevy was indicted last week on charges relating to the alleged rape of one of his employees in the Lakeville Fire Department. According to ABC 6, a second male has come forward saying Dunlevy tried to rape him in 2010...

Two swimmers that were in distress are doing fine now after the efforts of the New Bedford Fire Department. The male and female swimmers were reported to be in distress after a South End resident spotted them clinging to a buoy far from the shore near Monkey Island...

More charges for a former Lakeville firefighter already accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Wareham Police say additional charges have been filed against 51-year-old Thomas Dunlevy, in connection with an incident in July of 2014 during a camping stay at Cape Cod Maple Park Campground in East Wareham...

Fire Chief Kevin A. Gallagher gave a statement on the Acushnet Fire & EMS Department's Facebook page, thoroughly explaining the situation and making the public aware of the seriousness of such an accusation. "On Wednesday, March 30, 2016, I was informed by Acushnet Town Administrator Alan Coutinho that the office of the Board of Selectmen received a telephone call from a male, who refused

We finally found out what the red solo cups mean!

The New Bedford Fire Department deserves recognition after responding to a call of a man who had fallen in the icy waters of 93 State Pier just after 5 pm last night. "Dock workers/Fishermen found the individual between two boats, called 911 and pulled him out of the water...

It was standing-room only at the Fort Taber Community Center Thursday night as independent public safety consultant group FACETS Consulting presented their findings after studying the New Bedford Fire Department over the past year.

A Goldendoodle in Taunton had to be rescued by firefighters from a 25-foot well Tuesday morning.

If you brought your little ones to learn some fire safety tips from Sparky and all our beloved firefighters at District No. 1, you may be in one of the photos in our gallery! I learned how to put out a grease fire with an extinguisher (best I buy one soon with my cooking skills), rode the bucket 95 feet in the air for the perfect picture of Padanaram, and found it very difficult to wear the heavy