FITCHBURG — The call comes in and firefighters race to the fire scene. Upon arrival, they find a fully-involved building, with flames leaping into the sky. Thick, black smoke billows upward over the ...

Fire hydrants are to be upgraded in Wood End in a bid to stop young vandals leaving the estate without water supplies. Yobs have resumed their craze of turning on hydrants, creating fountains in the ...

He's a veteran now, with more than two decades as a firefighter under his belt, but Marlborough Deputy Fire Chief Ron Ayotte once was a fresh-faced recruit, straight from the academy. Almost ...

Lake Orion — A house fire and resulting lawsuit appear to have kick-started an $8 million plan to restore fire hydrant pressure in this village after nearly two decades. The Nov. 10, 2015, fire – ...

Mira-Bhayandar: Thanks to the negligence and apathetic attitude of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), the iconic red pillars (fire hydrants) are slowly becoming a relic of the past in ...

A fire hydrant is a fire hydrant, right? It is in the ground, connected to a pipe, and it will give us as much water as we need when we need it, and it is fine to take whatever flow we need from it, ...