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New Bedford's Joseph Aguilera is a five-year-old living with spina bifida who wants to be a police officer. He got to visit the South End Public Safety Center.

A Christmas morning fire in New Bedford's North End has displaced eight people, including four children.

Tenants led a 94-year-old woman to safety, along with their family and three cats, before firefighters arrived.

Firefighters in New Bedford are currently battling a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in the North End, with traffic backups likely in the area.

The New Bedford delegation was among dozens of firefighters from around the state being recognized.

On Wednesday night, New Bedford firefighters spent hours fighting flames that collapsed the roof and caused other damage at a Hemlock Street home that was reported as vacant.

Firefighters were called to 110 Eighth St. just before 2:30 am after flames were spotted coming from a third floor window.

After three fires in just days in New Bedford, Mayor Jon Mitchell is imploring the public to take advantage of fire education offered by the fire department.

A New Bedford firefighter was injured and an elderly woman was saved but badly injured in a Monday morning fire at an apartment that did not have any working smoke alarms.

Three people were rescued from a third floor apartment in a New Bedford fire Monday morning — but one elderly woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries.