Fire crews responded to a fire at a downtown New Bedford home on Monday, marking the fifth blaze that the city's fire department has fought since Saturday and the second one today.
A chemistry lab incident at New Bedford High School this morning caused a hazmat response from New Bedford's fire department and other emergency services.
A New Bedford garage that caught fire on Adams Street on Tuesday afternoon did not result in any injuries, according to fire department District Fire Chief James Fortin.
A man has been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a two-car crash that ended with one car driving into a New Bedford house.
New Bedford's Acting Fire Chief Scott Kruger has been named as the city's official fire chief after Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the appointment Thursday.