Accidents and Emergencies

Crashes, fires and the responses to them.

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Traffic Crashes Wrecks and road fatalities. Fires Structure fires and the crews fighting them. Wildfires Fire on the landscape. Rescues and Evacuations Getting people out safely. Outages and Disruptions Power cuts and service failures.

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hoodline.com > 2026 > 10 > providence-crash-driver-refuses-breath-test-after-hitting-four-cars-on-union-avenue

Providence Crash Driver Refuses Breath Test After Hitting Four Cars on Union Avenue

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (365+ words) A chaotic crash on Union Avenue in Providence sent two passengers to the hospital late Friday night after a westbound vehicle swerved across oncoming traffic and slammed into four other vehicles, with the driver now facing a string of summonses…...


usatoday.com > story > weather > severe > 09/26/2026 > as-noreaster-hits-rhode-island-wind-and-flooding-are-concerns > 91955705007

Nor'easter hits Rhode Island as 2,476 without power Saturday AM

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (601+ words) A slightly unseasonal strong and long-duration nor'easter will continue to pound Rhode Island through Monday, bringing coastal flooding, damaging wind gusts, beach erosion and period of heavy rain. On Saturday morning, the National Weather Service's bulletin described the update in…...


yahoo.com > news > videos > emergency-communications-back-normal-providence-023821947.html

Emergency communications back to normal in Providence after radio outage

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (24+ words) Emergency services to Providence residents were not impacted during the temporary outage. Emergency services to Providence residents were not impacted during the temporary outage....