Dennis

A couple from Dennis, Massachusetts was killed in their home Sunday morning from a housefire. Officials say the couple did not have working smoke detectors in their home.

A fire left two people dead at a duplex in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning, officials said. The Dennis Fire Department arrived on Nimblick Street at around 6:52 a.m. and found smoke coming from the two-story building, authorities said. Two people and a dog were located and removed from the house. Both people were transported to Cape Cod Hospital, where…

One firefighter was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other was evaluated on scene.

A motorboat caught fire off the coast of Cape Cod Wednesday and sank, forcing the people on board to swim to shore, officials said. The fire sent a plume of smoke high over Corporation Beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, about 7 p.m. and fully engulfed the boat in flames, according to the Cape and Islands Harbormaster Association. The 38-foot vessel sank…

A lightning strike is believed to have sparked a fire in a Cape Cod home on Thursday morning. Shortly before 10 a.m., firefighters in Dennis, Massachusetts, were called to a report of a house fire on Depot Street in the area of George’s Way. When they arrived at the scene they said they saw heavy smoke pouring from a...

A Massachusetts animal shelter shared sad news about a snowy owl that was saved from the ocean off Cape Cod this week by a woman who was going for a walk on the beach. The owl died, the Cape Wildlife Center said Saturday, attributing the death to “stress of struggling in the water mixed with hypothermia and severe emaciation.” The…

A beachgoer jumped into action when her dog came across a snowy owl struggling in the surf on the Cape Thursday evening.

A Cape Cod man is facing multiple criminal charges after police say he stole a car from an auto repair shop and hit the shop’s owner as he sped away in Dennis, Massachusetts. The ordeal was caught on security camera, and it’s a scene those working at Town Auto Service in Dennis say they will never forget. “I was...

Joshua Lafrange, 29, of Mashpee, is facing multiple charges in connection with the incident in Dennis.