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Firefighters rescue woman from sidewalk collapse outside Dorchester church
Local News The woman fell about 10 feet below street level into the church’s basement. She broke her leg in the fall. The sidewalk collapsed outside Bethlehem Temple Healing Church in Dorchester late Friday night. Boston Fire Department Boston firefighters rescued a woman who fell 10 feet after the sidewalk outside a Dorchester church collapsed […]
Raynham firefighters reunite with kitten rescued from storm drain
Local News The five-week-old kitten is aptly named “Storm.” Raynham firefighters reunited with a five-week-old kitten they rescued from storm drain over the weekend. Raynham Fire Department/Courtesy A 5-week-old tuxedo kitten was reunited Tuesday with the Raynham firefighters who spared one of his nine lives. The saga began just after midnight on Sunday, when first […]
Framingham apartment complex fire injures 4 firefighters, displaces 40 residents
Local News The three-alarm fire broke out at 1630 Worcester Rd. Many units are now uninhabitable, city officials said. A fire at a Framingham apartment complex Saturday night injured four firefighters and left 40 people displaced, according to city officials. The three-alarm blaze broke out at 1630 Worcester Rd., the City of Framingham wrote on […]
Carver firefighters rescue worker stuck in cranberry bog
Local News The worker was unharmed and went back to work after he was rescued, a deputy fire chief said. Carver firefighters rescued a cranberry bog worker Tuesday afternoon after he got stuck in the mud, according to a town fire official. Just before 2 p.m., a 911 caller reported that a man who was […]
Firefighters in Mass. and across the country fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to rising cancer cases
Local News Cancer has replaced heart disease as the biggest killer of firefighters, and the International Association of Fire Fighters or IAFF attributes 66% of firefighter deaths between 2002 and 2019 to cancer. A Brockton firefighter lifts a protective turnout coat onto a firetruck at Station 1, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Brockton, Mass. AP […]