In an all too familiar scene, the Worcester community came together Monday night to remember a fallen firefighter. One year after the death of firefighter Christopher Roy, a bronze monument was unveiled in his honor at the Webster Square firehouse where he was based.  “What can we learn from Chris is to persevere in the face of tragedy and...

A Massachusetts firefighter whose life was saved by a lieutenant who gave his own life has been released from the hospital, authorities said Wednesday. Worcester Fire Lt. Jason Menard died battling a blaze on Pleasant Street on Nov. 13. Firefighter Chris Pace was seriously injured and was hospitalized for the following two weeks.

Local punk rockers Dropkick Murphys took the stage at a sold-out event Friday in Worcester, Massachusetts, to raise funds for the family of fallen fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died saving others during a fire earlier this month. Menard was laid to rest Monday, when thousands of firefighters lined the streets to say goodbye to the 39-year-old firefighter and father...

Local punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will perform this week at a sold-out event in Worcester to raise funds for the family of fallen fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died saving others during a fire earlier this month. The band is expected to play an acoustic set Friday evening at the “Night for Lt. Jason Menard’s Family” event at Worcester Beer...

There was a bullet hole in a window at the Boston Police headquarters in Roxbury after shots were fired outside.

Thousands of mourners, including many firefighters, lined the streets of Worcester Monday to pay their final respects to fallen fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died while saving others during a fire last week. Firefighters from as far as California and Canada were among a sea of first responders who came to salute the fallen lieutenant under drizzly skies as his...

A public viewing will be held this afternoon for fallen Worcester Fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died in the line of duty last Wednesday. Calling hours on Sunday will be from 3 to 7 p.m. at Mercadante Funeral Home in Worcester. Lt. Menard, 39, died while responding to a four-alarm house fire on Stockholm St. after he became trapped on...

Flags flew at half-staff across Massachusetts, Thursday, as community members paid tribute to fallen Worcester Fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died while saving fellow firefighters during a blaze this week. Throughout the night Wednesday, mourners came to place flowers at a solemn memorial at the McKeon Street fire station in Worcester, hours after officials announced Menard’s death.

Massachusetts leaders and local emergency response departments are expressing their condolences Wednesday following the death of Lt. Jason Menard in the line of duty. Menard, 39, was battling a four-alarm house fire in Worcester early Wednesday, according to Worcester Fire Chief Michael Lavoie.

A Worcester fire lieutenant who died in a 4-alarm fire overnight was responding to a report of a trapped baby and heroically sacrificed himself to get two of his fellow firefighters to safety. Lt. Jason Menard was killed in the fire, leaving behind a wife and three children. The family had been scheduled to leave on a trip to Disney...

A WRTA bus somehow ended up in a ditch in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Authorities in Worcester, Massachusetts responded to a Worcester Regional Transit Authority bus that somehow got stuck in a ditch Wednesday morning.
The Worcester Fire Department said the driver of the bus was evaluated at the scene. It is unclear if they suffered any injuries and firefighters would not say if any passengers were on the bus.

More than a dozen people were left without a home Thursday night after a fire in Worcester, Massachusetts. Crews deployed ladders to rescue four people who were trapped on the second and third floors of a 4-story Harrison Street home.

Less than two weeks after the Worcester Fire Department dealt with the death of firefighter Christopher Roy, a bill to help first responders receive mental health support in Massachusetts was passed in the House on Thursday. The bill will allow first responders to now seek peer support with added confidentiality requirements.

A procession of hundreds of members of the Worcester Fire Department made its way to St. John’s Church just before the funeral of firefighter Christopher Roy, where they were joined by many others firefighters from near and far.

First responders and mourners gathered for a procession for Worcester, Massachusetts firefighter Christopher Roy on Monday a day after he was killed in the line of duty.