Orleans

The fire has been deemed unintentional, and is believed to have been sparked by the failure of an electric fan, according to a news release from the state Department of Fire Services.

Fire officials on Wednesday announced what they believed caused a fire in Orleans, Massachusetts, over the weekend that left a 6-year-old boy dead. The fire has been deemed unintentional, and is believed to have been sparked by the failure of an electric fan, according to a news release from the state Department of Fire Services. The Orleans Fire Department responded…

The Cape Cod community is mourning the loss of a 6-year-old boy and stepping up to help more than a dozen others who are now displaced following a house fire over the weekend. The fire happened on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts, according to firefighters. “The first arriving crews were met with information that had smoke and flames coming out…

Authorities have not released the boy’s name.

The Orleans Fire Department responded to the Route 6A home around 8:40 p.m. Saturday and found the boy inside with serious injuries; he later died at a local hospital, the state fire marshal’s office said.

How cold is it out there this morning? Cold enough that the ocean is freezing over on Cape Cod. Video shared on Twitter Monday shows Rock Harbor in Orleans, Massachusetts, completely frozen. Waves are turned into patches of ice and sea foam resembles piles of snow. The video also shows boats at Rock Harbor’s dock surrounded by ice and...

Kim Reilly captured video on the Fourth of July that shows a shark attacking a seal just off Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts.