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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WPD-cruiser-left-336x237-1-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to a fatal car crash and fire at the intersection of Post Rd at Airport Road about 12:51 a.m. Monday, determining speed was […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] WPD Capt. Charles Boisseau recounts his actions July 5, finding his neighbor's house on fire and alerting them before it engulfed the home within minutes.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WPD-Boisseau-House-Fire-Heroics-250x228.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — WPD Capt. Charles Boisseau was off-duty, returning home in Cranston July 5 at 11: 15 p.m. when he spotted a fire at his neighbor’s house, alerting them […]
![[CREDIT: Chris Palmer] Warwick Firefighters were called to 398 Nausauket Road Dec. 5. for a fire in a single family dwelling.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Nausauket-Road-Fire-WFD-140x140.jpg)
Editor’s note: The following report was provided by breaking news photographer Chris Palmer. WARWICK, RI — At about 4:10 p.m. Dec. 5, Warwick Firefighters were dispatched to the area of […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to Conimicut Point Beach, 2 Point Ave., July 4 at 10 :16 p.m. for a large brush fire set off by illegal fireworks, […]
It’s been seven years since a tragic 2010 Warwick house fire on Buttonwood Avenue killed four former Mount St. Charles Academy students and the 7-month-old baby of two of the victims, and this weekend’s memorial hockey tournament at the private school will help honor their memory.
Warwick Firefighters were called for a house fire at 31 Ryan Ave. Monday night at 9:12 p.m., finding the 1.5 story wood-frame house with smoke showing, and had it extinguished within about 20 minutes, saving a cat and several dogs from the fire, which caused extensive smoke damage and left the five occupants staying with family nearby.
Warwick firefighters were called to a fire at the Caleb Greene House, 15 Centerville Road, Tuesday at about 10 p.m., extinguishing a fire in an attached garage that caused serious smoke damage in the main building.
In 2015, Tina Smith helped Jennifer Montecalvo provide Christmas dinner for her family, and now she’s returning the favor with a GoFundme page after Smith’s family’s belongings and home were destroyed during Saturday’s fire at their 126 Toll Gate Road apartment.
A pickup truck crashed into an apartment house at 126 Toll Gate Road just before noon Saturday, destroying the gas meter and causing a fire Warwick Firefighters spent three hours extinguishing, which required National Grid to shut off the gas at the line under the road.
WARWICK, R.I. — Firefighters responded to a report of a house fire at 10 Dutch Ct. about 10:40 a.m., finding a full-involved garage fire in progress with smoke showing, and were able to knock it down within 20 minutes despite the extreme cold.
WARWICK, R.I. — Warwick Firefighters responded to a house fire at 436 Sandy Lane Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30 p.m. today, quickly extinguishing flames that started in the single-story building’s […]
Warwick firefighters responded to a fire at 551 Oakland Beach Ave. just after noon Sunday, safely evacuating a woman and child from the house before fire gutted the structure.
Warwick Firefighters were called to 57 Puritan Dr. Wednesday at about 7 p.m. for a structure fire on the side of the house there, extinguishing it within minutes.
Warwick firefighters responded made quick work of a kitchen fire in the top floor of the A building in the central quad of Elmwood Terrace Apartments at 2215 Elmwood Ave. Wednesday at about 9 a.m., limiting the damage to one displaced tenant and some smoke and water damage to adjacent units.
A passer-by drawn to a fire at 64 Elmbrook Drive after hearing an explosion at about 2:30 p.m. Monday alerted a woman inside the home in time for her to escape the blaze that gutted the building.
Warwick, RI — Warwick firefighters were called by National Grid to the area of 78 Jefferson Boulevard for pole and wire fire that also caused a small brush fire on the […]
Warwick firefighters were called to 189 Greylawn Ave. at 2 p.m. Monday for a garage fire, extinguishing it within about 15 minutes.
A fire broke out in TF Green Airport’s Parking Lot C this morning at 4 a.m., totaling four cars and damaging a few others as Warwick firefighters brought the blaze under control and officials worked to manage a backup of morning traffic into the airport.
Warwick Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at Narragansett Village Condominiums at 400 Narragansett Parkway Sunday at about 3:46 p.m. for a reported fire inside the kitchen of one of the units.
A garage and car were the only casualties of garage fire Warwick Firefighters put out Wednesday at 21 Kalmer Ave. at 1 p.m. that also damaged a nearby tree, fence and the siding of a neighboring home.
Warwick Fire Department’s Battalion 2 was called to 19 Stokes St. Sunday, putting out a wood stove fire that required utilities to be shut off at the house and displacing the two women living there in the midst of record-setting cold.
Warwick, RI — A Warwick officer responding to 131 Chatworth Ave. Saturday at noon for a report of a dryer fire found half the house on fire, called the resident, a […]
Warwick firefighters were called to 40 King St. this evening at about 7:50 p.m. for a fire that started in a refrigerator in the rear of the building.
Warwick firefighters were called for a house fire at 104 Doris Ave. at 10:15 p.m. Saturday night, getting the fire under control by about 11 p.m.
Firefighters responded to 155 Greeley Ave. at about 5:30 p.m. for a fire in the basement, bringing it under control by 6 p.m. and out by about 6:30 p.m.
A minor fire inside the main part of Rhode Island Mall next to Kohl’s at 650 Bald Hill Road tripped smoke alarms inside the department store, alerting the Warwick Fire Department Christmas Day at 6:38 p.m.
Warwick, RI — Warwick firefighters responded to a neighbor’s report of a fire at 220 Diamond Hill Road at about 2 p.m. today, entered the house and extinguished the flames, […]
The Warwick Fire Department’s Annual Fire Safety Day will be on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fire Station 8 with rescue demonstrations, the WFD Dive Team and a WPD bike safety demo.
A powerful storm with heavy winds, torrential rain and lightning toppled trees, knocked out power and started house fires across Kent County this morning at 6:30 a.m., including Warwick.
An apparent lightning strike started a fire in a small dormer room at the top of a home at 997 West Shore Road at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, blocking the road as the Warwick Fire Department extinguished the flames.
The Warwick Fire Department responded to and extinguished two fires Monday night, one on Diamond Hill Avenue and another on Warwick Avenue, with the latter ruled suspicious.
Warwick Firefighters were called to a house fire at 11 Irma Ave. at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday that started in a mulch pile in front of the home, extinguishing it at about 3:15 p.m.
Warwick Police are asking the public’s help finding the people responsible for a spate of suspicious trash fires.
A rollover car crash and fire at 9:10 p.m. Monday night on Rte. 95 South, just before the Rte. 4 Exit, killed a three-year-old boy, according to RI State Police.
The deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by the March 11 Westgate condo fire is June 5.
A truck powered by natural gas struck a telephone pole on Jefferson Boulevard early this morning, dropping power lines onto the vehicle that set off its fuel in a minor explosion.
DPW Director David Picozzi reports trash pickup will continue normally following a fire that took five garbage trucks out of action Monday afternoon.
Warwick, RI -Officials, residents and businesses have organized several fundraisers for the 100 people left homeless since fire destroyed the Westgate Condominium complex at 754 Quaker Lane, and you can help, too.
The Warwick Fire Department reported no violations of the Rhode Island Safety (Rhode Island Life Safety Code (RILSC) or Fire Alarm Codes (NFPA 72) at Westgate Condominiums, destroyed by fire March 11, in a report released Friday.
Editor’s note: Bethany Hashway contributed to this report. Warwick, RI – RI State Police advise motorists to avoid Rte. 2 as the Warwick Fire Department’s effort to extinguish a nearby […]
