Ice Rescue

After multiple people fell through ice Monday in Massachusetts, safety officials are urging people to be careful. A Stoneham man is now home recovering today after falling through the ice in Winchester. Rescuers rushed to the scene Monday to help get him to safety. Winchester Fire Chief Rick Tustin says it’s an example of why they train for these...

A teenage boy jumped into action and helped rescue three children who fell through an icy pond in Collingdale on Monday.

Fire officials in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, are advising people to stay off the ice after they rescued a man who fell through Thursday. An ice fisher was pulled from Falls Pond around 4 p.m. by firefighters wearing ice rescue suits. The North Attleboro Fire Department said crews brought him to safety within five minutes. The man was taken to an…

Talk about “right place, right time.” Emergency responders were in the middle of training on how to conduct icy water rescues when they spotted two teens who fell into a frozen lake.

A cranberry red Jeep broke through ice on a pond in Sterling, Massachusetts, Thursday, leaving its front end partially submerged. Everyone inside of the SUV was safe, the local fire department said on Facebook. They didn’t say why the Jeep was out on the ice in the first place.  Firefighters and police arrived at the scene, near Squareshire Road,...

Two people are in the hospital after falling through the ice at Centennial Beach in Hudson Sunday night, according to fire officials. One minor was able to get ashore, but because the ice was so thin, two firefighters donning ice water rescue dry suits entered the water and broke through the ice about 60′-75’ out to reach the other patient….

Blue the black lab is doing just fine after being rescued Tuesday afternoon in Ashland, Massachusetts. She had plunged through the ice in the Ashland Reservoir. “She walked out so far, fell in the ice,” said her owner, Corey Spaulding. “It was panic.” Spaulding spoke with NBC10 Boston from the emergency room, where she’s being treated for hypothermia after...

Fire officials from several Massachusetts communities raced to a pond in Boylston after four people fell through the ice Monday afternoon. Rescue crews say it all started when an ice fishermen fell into the water shortly after 2 p.m. and began yelling for help. Jim Hughes heard “help!” coming from the waters of Rocky Pond. It was coming from his…

Two teenagers were rescued Thursday after falling through ice in Taunton, Massachusetts. The two 14-year-old boys were spotted in the Taunton River around 2 p.m. Good Samaritans and first responders teamed up to save them. Kevin Boss, a 54-year-old Taunton man, said one of the teens was trying to swim to the shore while the other was struggling to stay…

A dog and its owner had to be rescued Sunday from an icy pond in Sterling, Massachusetts.

A man and a dog were rescued from an icy pond over the weekend by firefighters in Sterling, Massachusetts. The dog named Max was first to fall into East Waushacum Pond on Sunday. His owner fell in after the canoe he used to try to rescue the animal tipped. Neighbor Daniel Kloczkowski saw the whole ordeal unfold and was able…

A young child is safe after falling through ice on a pond in Maine. The accident happened on Minuteman Pond, a small body of water in a Scarborough neighborhood around 9:20 Monday morning. Scarborough Fire Captain Nate Contreras says the child, who is 5 or 6, was only submerged up to his waist for a couple minutes, but was “soaked”…

An incident in Scarborough, Maine, shows just how dangerous the ice can be.