Westport Fire Department

Staff at Westport Town Hall was evacuated early Monday morning after smoke was reported from an electrical fire on the second floor.

A man was taken to the hospital after firefighters responded to another wood stove-related fire on Sunday night, the second incident that day and the fourth fire in town in the past week.

Westport firefighters were able to save the life of a family dog as they battled their second structure fire in a week.

A Westport truck fire early this morning was quickly put out by firefighters, saving the nearby home from damage, according to the fire department.

In what Westport fire officials are calling the third wood stove-related fire in the past few weeks, a structure fire was knocked down late Saturday night.

Catch Santa riding around Westport in a different kind of red sleigh this Saturday for the annual Santa Ride.

Yesterday evening, Westport's police and fire departments called in the state bomb squad to detonate a device that was found in a resident's garage.

Westport Police say on Thursday, July 25, they received multiple calls from witnesses at Horseneck Beach regarding a young male who had possibly drowned.

The thermometer read 94 degrees and the Westport Fire Department was still fighting strong embers of a fire from the night before.

Fires that caused extensive damage in homes in both Westport and Dartmouth are under investigation. Fire caused extensive damage to a 270 year old building Saturday morning in Westport. Fire crews responded to a blaze at 286 Old Harbor Road just after one-thirty Saturday morning...