(WGGB/WSHM) - Fire deaths were down 12 percent from 2024, declining from a seven-year high at that time. Excluding fatal crashes with an ensuing fire, Massachusetts recorded 44 fire deaths from 30 ...

Massachusetts recorded fewer fire-related deaths in 2025 than in 2024, despite a deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility in July, according to the Department of Fire Services. From ...

Eight residents were displaced as a two-family home in Milford sustained heavy damage in an early-morning New Year’s Day fire, according to Fire Chief Mark Nelson. No one was injured in the fire at 36 ...

A man in a Cape May County hotel was taken to a burn center on Friday after a blaze in one of the rooms triggered a response from three area fire departments. The 33-year-old was taken to Thomas ...

Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota report threats and vandalism after a viral right-wing video accusing them of fraud prompts federal action with nationwide consequences. The Justice Department ...

The fatal fire that engulfed a Swiss bar on New Year's Eve would likely have killed even a firefighter in full protective gear — let alone the hundreds of young people freely celebrating inside. At ...

Swiss investigators believe sparklers atop champagne bottles ignited a deadly fire at a ski resort nightclub on New Year’s Eve. Those sparklers are prohibited in bars and nightclubs in Massachusetts.

A Jan. 1 fire destroyed a historic Dutch former Catholic church building in Amsterdam, reducing the famed 150-year-old building mostly to ash in a matter of hours. Firefighters reportedly responded to ...

BROOKLINE, MA — Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in a motor vehicle break-in and larceny that occurred in South Brookline. The incident occurred on Dec. 13 at 4:15 a.m.