Staff members at a nursing facility in Somerset were lauded for their actions Thursday after a fire broke out overnight in the building. The fire started in a community room on the second floor of ...

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Firefighters battled a fire early Thursday at a nursing home in Somerset, Massachusetts. Crews were called at 3:30 a.m. to Somerset Ridge Center on Brayton Road, where arriving firefighters ...

Canadian wildfire smoke has worsened the air quality in multiple states and irritated the eyes, noses and throats of many ...

It's more than just winds that play a factor in how this smoke gets to our region--meteorology and atmospheric conditions ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and ...

The scale and intensity of the fires have had transboundary effects. Smoke from the blazes has drifted across the border into ...

Massachusetts can expect hazy skies on Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift down the East Coast, ...

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Air quality alerts have been issued across 12 states for Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.