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Dog helps owner escape minor blaze controlled by East Providence Firefighters
Photo courtesy EPFD Lt. James BellamyThe mattress that caught fire due to an overheated computer battery lay in front of a home on White Avenue in Riverside after East Providence Firefighters...
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Public safety personnel participate in annual Special Olympics Torch Run
EAST BAY — Several members of law enforcement and public safety departments in the East Bay participated in the 30th Annual Special Olympic Torch Run held Friday, May 30. The local leg began in East...
View ArticleEP Equal Employment to hold meeting Tuesday
EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence’s Affirmative Action/EEO Office will be conducting a number of informational sessions about potential job opportunities within its police and fire...
View ArticlePortsmouth man commits suicide in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — A 20-year-old Portsmouth man committed suicide by pouring gasoline over his body and lighting himself on fire Labor Day Monday, Sept. 1, in city, East Providence Police confirmed....
View ArticleHouse fire displaces 11 in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — A fire Wednesday evening, Nov. 12, displaced 11 residents of a house located at 803 Willett Ave. East Providence Fire and Police Department personnel are investigating the cause of...
View ArticleResident is charged with sparking East Providence group home fire
EAST PROVIDENCE — A resident of the group home in city was charged with sparking a fire that temporarily closed the house to the 11 residents who lived there. Aaron M. Lapointe, 31 and of 803 Willett...
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East Providence firefighters respond to Ivy Street blaze
EAST PROVIDENCE — A two-alarm fire broke out in a home on Ivy Street in the center of the city Monday, March 9. Several East Providence Fire Department crews descended on the scene at approximately...
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Fire on Vine Street in East Providence is quickly controlled
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Firefighters quelled a blazed on Vine Street in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 28. The fire broke out some time around 3 a.m. Saturday in a multi-family...
View ArticleEast Providence Fire crews quickly quell house, business incidents
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department crews responded to a pair of incidents in recent days, quickly bringing under control both a fire at a multi-family house located at North Broadway...
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Victim in East Providence fire identified, cause still uncertain
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department officials confirmed the person who passed away in the Wednesday, June 17, fire on Fenmoor Street was 69-year-old Linda Michael. Mrs. Michael, bound by...
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East Providence Fire Department responds to car wash fire
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department crews responded to a small fire at a car wash at the busy intersection of Newport and Ferris Avenues in the Rumford section of the city mid-afternoon...
View ArticleElderly woman dies in undetected East Providence fire
EAST PROVIDENCE — An elderly woman apparently died some time overnight between Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, in an undetected home fire in the center of the city. East Providence Fire Chief...
View ArticleDeath deemed accidental in East Providence house fire
EAST PROVIDENCE — The death of an elderly woman in a house fire has been determined to be accidental according to East Providence Fire Chief Oscar Elmasian. Details about the incident became more clear...
View ArticleBristol rallies to support family displaced by house fire
The Sunday night fire that destroyed the home at 15 Lugent Lane and displaced a family of three was started accidentally by an outdoor gas grill. “It probably got left on after cooking,” said Bristol...
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