Man who lost family in 2001 Ipswich house fire saves neighbor in 2021 Rowley fire #RowleyMA #IpswichMA

ROWLEY — A man who lost his wife and two young children in a 2001 house fire in Ipswich has been credited with saving a woman after flames broke out in her house Sunday. The fire was reported at 16 Wethersfield St. around 5 a.m. Sunday. The town’s volunteer fire department got there quickly, but neighbor Mark Collum was there first. “I heard ‘Fire! Fire!’ I just threw my clothes on and just,…

No injuries in Linebrook Road house fire #IpswichMA #TopsfieldMA #RowleyMA

IPSWICH — No injuries were reported after a fire Tuesday afternoon. The first report came in around 3:35 p.m. for smoke in an attached garage at 37 Linebrook Road. A fire lieutenant who was first on scene reported smoke coming from the garage at the back of the house. At that point, the residents and their pets had left the house and waited on the front lawn. The house is a six-bedroom Cape…

Three injuries in Rowley crash #RowleyMA

ROWLEY — One person has been hospitalized after a Friday afternoon accident on Route 1. The crash happened around 1:25 p.m. at the intersection of Wethersfield Street. Airbags deployed in the vehicles and one of them was partly off the roadway when first responders arrived. It struck a guardrail and utility pole, police said. Two vehicles were involved and firefighters at first radioed that…

Firefighters dump 50 pounds of peat moss in Merrimack River #NewburyportMA #RowleyMA #SalisburyMA #NewburyMA

NEWBURYPORT – Two dozen fire firefighters showed up before horsing 50 pounds of peat moss into the river. It was standard operating proceudre for the day: a four-community training exercise Tuesday on tackling environmental spills. The peat moss peat moss simulated “a quick-moving chemical spill,” Newburyport Chief Christopher LeClaire said. His department was joined by firefighters from…

Firefighter injured, fish processing plant destroyed in Rowley fire

ROWLEY — One firefighter was injured in a massive blaze that destroyed a building Saturday. WHDH said the injured person was taken to hospital with minor foot injuries. The building, the old Hutt’s freezing plant on Silva Lane, was a total loss, according to news reports. Along with other properties in the area, it is owned by the Rowley Land Appreciation Fund, tax records said. The incident…

Brush fire threatens house in Rowley #RowleyMA

ROWLEY — A brush fire Saturday afternoon came perilously close to a home on Main Street before it was extinguished by firefighters and residents. The fire was reported by multiple passers by around 3 p.m. in the area near the railroad bridge on Route 1A. “We’ve had close to 20 calls on this,” the dispatcher radioed. “Several reas along the roadway are burning, so we will need substantial help,”…

Injuries in Route 1 crash in Rowley

ROWLEY — Two people have been taken to hospital following a three-vehicle collision — one of which was a motorcycle — in Rowley.

The crash happened around 5:20 p.m., Sept. 11, at the intersection of Route 1 and Glen Street.

Two people were pinned inside one of the vehicles, according to reports.

The patients were taken to Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburport. Ambulances from Topsfield…

Rowley, Hamilton and Boxford get huge grant for radios #RowleyMA #HamiltonMA #BoxfordMA #FEMA

ROWLEY — Three towns are to share almost three-quarters of a million dollars for new firefighting equipment.

Hamilton, Boxford and Rowley recently received $713,291.43 for much “needed new portable radios,” the fire chiefs announced in a statement Thursday afternoon.

The “Assistance to Firefighters Grant” came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to Hamilton Chief…