The smoke cloud hanging over the Greater Boston area is coming largely from a major brush fire to the north between Lynn and Salem, National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Loconto said.
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State 911 system experiences major outage Tuesday
The 911 emergency system was back up and running across Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon, according to local police and fire departments.
911 system back up across Massachusetts: Police and fire departments
The 911 emergency system was back up and running across Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon, according to local police and fire departments.
Worcester fatal fire: Two residents dead, seven others displaced
A fast-moving, second-alarm fire that damaged a home in Worcester late Tuesday night claimed the lives of two residents and displaced seven others, according to authorities.
Lithium-ion battery fires jump rapidly in Massachusetts: ‘They’re nearly impossible to extinguish’
Firefighters across Massachusetts are facing the “nearly impossible” task of extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires much more often, according to new state data showing such incidents have spiked up sharply in the past half year.
Truck hits behavioral health facility in Devens
DEVENS — Fire crews responded to a report of a truck crashing into a building at the TaraVista Behavioral Health Center in Devens and catching fire Wednesday morning. According to the Worcester County District Attorney’s office, the Devens Fire Department and assisting mutual aid departments extinguished the fire, which was first reported at 5:36 a.m. […]
