Man Accused Of Starting Roxbury Fire Held On $100,000 Bail
Prosecutors say Abdul Jabar Mohamed wanted to kill himself so he dislodged a gas pipe and lit it.
Watch CBS News
Prosecutors say Abdul Jabar Mohamed wanted to kill himself so he dislodged a gas pipe and lit it.
Police say a failed suicide attempt caused an explosion and 6-alarm fire early Monday that left more than a dozen people hurt and led to several dramatic rescues.
Two people were shot to death outside a home in Lawrence early Monday morning.
At least 5 Boston firefighters were transported to the hospital after a four-alarm blaze on Boyd Street in Dorchester.
A Stoneham man is being hailed as a hero after alerting people to a fire in their home early Monday morning.
One person was killed and another seriously injured in a fire at a housing complex for the elderly and disabled Friday morning.
Investigators say a multi-alarm fire that destroyed a Colonial-era inn in Groton this summer was likely caused by an electrical malfunction in the attic.
It's the second Sunday in a row, the building caught fire. Investigators don't know how the first one started, but they are sure the second one was arson.
Fire officials are crediting a 13-year-old Springfield boy with helping nine other people escape their burning home.
Police are offering a reward now to try to track down the arsonist who set two dangerous fires in Beverly.
Fire, instead of rain, complicated some students' commute in Falmouth Thursday morning.
An off-duty paramedic and some quick neighbors saved a boy from a burning home early Wednesday morning.
Becky Grosso, a former volunteer firefighter, ran toward the flames to save a man and his five-year-old granddaughter who were trapped inside a burning car.
Arson has been ruled out as the cause of a fire that gutted a Colonial-era inn in Groton last week and fire investigators say the real cause may never be known.
There was a small fire early Tuesday morning at the farm where President Obama and his family are expected to spend their vacation later this month.
The building, which first opened in 1678, appears to be a total loss, though, damage estimates have not been calculated.
An historic inn in Groton has been destroyed in a fire.
Arson Watch Reward program offers up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
An early morning fire heavily damaged a building at the center of a controversy in Onset Friday.
Due to the dangerous weather, 75 firefighters responded to blaze on Columbus Avenue.
A family nearly slept through an enormous fire inside their home, but a brave and persistent neighbor risked her life to wake them up.
The man found dead in an Attleboro rooming house Sunday died as a result of a homicide
Seven school buses were destroyed by fire overnight in Worcester. Now, police are calling the fire suspicious and asking for the public's help.
The discovery of a body in an Attleboro rooming house after firefighters responded to a fire in the building is being treated as suspicious.
A Five alarm fire in New Bedford kept firefighters busy overnight.
