A fire at a home in Whitman, Massachusetts started in a pet snake enclosure, fire investigators said. It happened around ...

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.

State regulators say a Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month had its ...

While fighting the fire, two firefighters were transported to the hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, ...

A short-staffed Fall River Fire Department struggled in the Gabriel House fire. But most Mass. fire departments are not staffed to proper standards.

Members of a commission working on new regulations that would change the way assisted living facilities are run will delay ...

The facility's certification was suspended after the state concluded it wasn't treating residents with "consideration, respect, personal dignity and privacy." ...

Fire engines or ladder trucks should be staffed with four members. In Massachusetts, the average is about two firefighters.

A fire at a home in Massachusetts started inside an enclosure meant for a large reptile, according to the fire department.

Fifteen of the 19 firefighters who graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on Friday are set to join the ...