Lawrence Fire

Twenty people are without a home after flames broke out Sunday at a triple-decker in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Lawrence Fire Department responded to the multi-family home on Riverview Place to battle the blaze as temperatures soared into the 90s. A second alarm was ordered for manpower and crews rotated due to the intense heat and humidity. No one was injured,…

No one was taken to a local hospital for injuries.

Two multi-family homes that were destroyed after a wind-fueled fire tore through them Friday night will very likely be demolished on either Tuesday or Wednesday, the acting mayor said. The massive fire burned five triple-deckers on Crosby Street, leaving 73 tenants from 17 different families homeless on Easter weekend, including a dozen children. The city is working to find temporary…

More than 70 people have been displaced from their homes after a massive fire broke out Friday night in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire began around 9:30 p.m. at a home on Crosby Street and quickly spread to nearby triple-deckers. It reportedly started on the third floor of the multi-family home. The Lawrence Mayor’s Office said Saturday that at least 17…

The fire reportedly started on the third floor of a multi-family home.

Firefighters are battling a massive fire Friday night in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that has affected at least 16 families. The multi-alarm fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. at a home on Crosby Street and quickly spread to several other triple-deckers nearby. The fire reportedly started on the third floor of the multi-family home. All residents made it out safely, and no…

Lawrence fire crews are investigating a house fire that forced 10 people out into the street Sunday night. The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. at a two-family home at 62 Margin Street. Lawrence firefighters knocked the fire down quickly. Officials said there was only one family home at the time and no one was hurt. The cause of the…

Multiple area fire departments responded Sunday evening to a massive blaze involving at least four buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire chief says it was a challenging fire, in part because curious onlookers wouldn’t move out of the way.

Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said four multi-family homes on Bennington and Saratoga caught fire, one of which was completely destroyed in the 5-alarm blaze.

Aerial footage from NBC10 Boston’s Sky Ranger helicopter shows heavy flames and smoke pouring out of multi-family homes on Saratoga and Bennington streets.

Firefighters from multiple nearby towns responded Sunday morning to a fire at a home in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries in the blaze that started sometime after 7:30 a.m. at 2 May Street. One firefighter had chest pain and another suffered minor burns. The fire was concentrated on the second and third floors of the home, and it...

Flames broke out around 7:30 a.m. Sunday at 2 May Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The major gas leak that caused evacuations in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Friday was started when city contractors checking water valves “inadvertently closed a gas valve” officials said Friday evening. The leak caused hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes and two schools early in the morning, just over one year after the area was rocked by gas explosions...

Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty and his wife, Kim Moriarty, the director of emergency services at Lawrence General Hospital, both led first responders during the rash of gas fires and explosions in Merrimack Valley.

Firefighters in Andover, Massachusetts, were among the three communities racing to try and control the numerous fires that broke out Thursday as a result of a series of gas explosions in the area.

A series of gas explosions an official described as “Armageddon” ignited dozens of fires across three communities north of Boston, killed at least one person and forced entire neighborhoods in the Merrimack Valley to evacuate Thursday. Authorities said Leonel Rondon, 18, of Lawrence, died after a chimney toppled by an exploding house crashed into his car. He was rushed to...

A gas main break forced authorities to evacuate an area in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Thursday afternoon. Methuen police said the leak is on the Lawrence/Methuen line. As a result, firefighters and police evacuated several homes in the area of Jackson and Knox streets as a precaution.

Firefighters are battling a 3-alarm blaze Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire broke out on the third floor of a residential building at 271 Prospect St., Lawrence Fire said.

Two people were hospitalized and a firefighter was also injured after a fire broke out at a duplex in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The fire was reported around 5:30 p.m. at the Rollins School at 451 Howard St. in Lawrence, Mass.