Accidents and Emergencies

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (997+ words) Tom Verdi will tell you it feels like it just happened, arriving as a cop at Ground Zero, the wreck of the towers still smoldering. Twenty-five years ago. Verdi was a Providence lieutenant then. He rose to deputy chief and…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (42+ words) Firefighters were called to the house on Steuben Street just before 2:30 a.m. where they were met with heavy smoke and flames on the third floor. The fire was knocked down within minutes. Read more: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/fire-damages-providence-home-displaces-11/...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (225+ words) A Rhode Island beach town was still stinky after some cephalopod chaos happened over the weekend. Forty thousand pounds of squid spilled all over a busy intersection in Narragansett on Sunday. The squid was in a tractor-trailor that tipped over....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (370+ words) Cientos de calamares quedaron esparcidos sobre una calle de Rhode Island luego de que un camión volcó durante el fin de semana, dejando un inconfundible olor en el ambiente bajo el intenso calor del verano. Las autoridades locales han bautizado…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (141+ words) A tractor-trailer rollover created quite a messy and smelly situation in Rhode Island over the weekend. About 20 tons of squid spilled onto the road in Narragansett after the truck crashed Sunday. It was a different kind of "Squid Game" as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (44+ words) The city says it expects to replace another rescue this fall. Police says the suspects demanded the 14-year-old get off the e-scooter and then rode away on it. Mangione admitted to killing United... The city says it expects to replace…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (217+ words) by ERIN LAWLOR, NBC 10 NEWS NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WJAR) — A day at the beach turned into a desperate wildlife rescue in Rhode Island when a marine mammal became stranded in shallow water — and one beachgoer decided not to stand by and watch....