Chief Jamison Barros said fire sprinklers kept the nursing home fire contained while workers kept residents safe.

Neighbors said two men heard a woman screaming and climbed a balcony to reach her apartment as smoke filled the building.

Firefighters went to the Somerset Ridge Center, a skilled nursing facility, on Brayton Avenue at 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Arriving ...

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Quick action by staff at a Somerset, Massachusetts nursing home helped stop a fire from spreading overnight. The facility is ...

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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 ...