A firefighter was hurt battling the blaze and 40 people were displaced, New Bedford acting fire Chief Scott Kruger said Monday.
The fire broke out about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Heavy flames burned a variety store and a bakery before spreading into two apartment buildings, Kruger said. Both of them caught on fire at about the same time, Kruger said. They were mirroring each other as far as fire was doing the same thing in both buildings, so early on, it presented a challenge. We needed more manpower.
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Two people were found dead after two buildings caught fire in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Monday, authorities said.
A firefighter was injured battling the blaze and 40 people were displaced, New Bedford acting fire Chief Scott Kruger said in a statement.
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The people who died have not been identified, pending notification of their families, according to Kruger.
The fire broke out about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Heavy flames burned a variety store and a bakery on Acushnet Avenue before spreading into two apartment buildings, Kruger said earlier.
The Coalition for Animals and New Bedford s Public Safety Departments are asking for the public s help in replenishing the city s supply of animal oxygen masks.
The supply was pretty much wiped out on March 21 when the New Bedford Fire Department responded to a fire at 303 County Street. Three people were rescued from the burning two-and-a-half-story structure, along with 24 cats. However, more than 30 cats perished in the fire.
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Coalition for Animals Vice President Sandy Quadros Bowles and New Bedford Acting Fire Chief Scott Kruger joined
Townsquare Sunday this week to discuss the County Street fire, and the fundraising effort to raise money for the oxygen masks.