MIDDLEBORO Two elderly Middleboro residents were rescued from a house fire on Montello Street Wednesday night despite “hoarding conditions” that impeded the initial efforts to enter the home, Middleboro Fire Chief Lance Benjamino said. Upon arrival, firefighters observed smoke coming from the second floor of the home in the kitchen area, according to a written statement from Benjamino.
Fire crews were halted in their rescue attempts due to a large amount of household items stacked floor to ceiling blocking the entrance on the second floor of the home at 2 Montello St.
The items included clothing, magazines, and videotapes to name a few, Benjamino told the Enterprise.
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It was the third structure fire in Middleboro in two days, including two on Wareham Street.
All occupants were able to safely exit before first responders arrived, the chief said. Two families were displaced from one of the buildings. No injuries were reported. This was the third significant fire Middleboro Fire Department has responded to in two days, Benjamino said. Thankfully no injuries have resulted, and we ve been able to call on several departments in the area to support our firefighting efforts.
The other fires occurred at around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at 530 Wareham St. and at around 9 p.m. Wednesday at 2 Montello St.
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PLYMOUTH A civil rights group is asking the state s highest court to rule that the Plymouth County Sheriff cannot arrest or detain anyone on federal civil immigration charges.
The Boston group Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the petition with the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday asking it to find Plymouth Sheriff Joseph McDonald does not have the authority to enforce federal civil immigration laws. Some sheriff s deputies can make arrests on federal civil immigration detainers under an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
McDonald must renew the 287(g) agreement with ICE yearly. When McDonald and the sheriffs in Bristol and Barnstable counties, all Republicans, renewed the agreements in 2019, they came under fire for the decision. McDonald renewed his agreement again in June.