Frank Fraitzl will return to the Bedford Fire Department as its next fire chief. Actually, he never really left. The 59-year-old grew up in Bedford and has lived in town for almost his entire life.

A smoke shop accidentally lived up to its name early Wednesday morning when a fire inside the building caused a passerby to ...

A fatal house fire in New Bedford that claimed the life of an 88-year-old man was determined to be accidental. The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services said on Tuesday that while the fire on ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The New Bedford Fire Department battled a fire at a smoke shop early Wednesday morning. Around 2:20 a.m., crews received reports of a fire at New Bedford Vape and Smoke ...

Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025 Updated Mar 24, 2025 SCOTT HUNTER is retiring as fire chief in Bedford at the end of March. To the surprise of probably no one who knows him, though, his idea of taking ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Emergency officials say a fire late Thursday night has left a Bedford County VFW significantly ...

12—A second fire station that would cut response times in half to the busiest part of Bedford and a Parks and ... of emergency calls was essential. The department would've cut response times ...

Two residents were displaced after a car drove into a house in New Bedford Thursday night. Fire officials said they responded to a house on Potter Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. The driver was ...

Every winter, fire departments in Massachusetts conduct ... NewsCenter 5 met up with 24 firefighters from the Massachusetts Fire Academy in Bedford and took part in an ice rescue training.