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Providence Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Robert Jackson said firefighters rushed to the Elmwood Avenue apartment building around 2 a.m. and found flames shooting from the roof.
The fire is the latest in a string of issues for the scrap metal yard. ... Crews with the Providence Fire Department were called to the riverfront site of Recycled Metals at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday ...
Fire crews work to extinguish the July 10 fire at the Rhode Island Recycled Metals scrapyard next to the Port of Providence, which sent plumes of smoke billowing over nearby neighborhoods.
The Providence Reds (known in their final season in Providence as the Rhode Island Reds) hockey team of the American Hockey League (AHL) played at the Providence Civic Center from 1972 to 1977. The New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League (NASL) played their indoor soccer matches there from 1979 to 1980 before moving south to ...
Providence's first fire department was organized in 1759. [5] The state General Assembly raised money to purchase the town's first large water engine, and required every citizen to acquire a pair of two-gallon leather buckets to form volunteer bucket brigades.
The first West Warwick fire engine arrived at the scene at 11:13 p.m., followed by three other trucks shortly thereafter. [26] Hundreds of firefighters responded to the fire, including every available West Warwick firefighter. [27] Fire departments in Warwick, Coventry, and Cranston rendered mutual aid to the fire site. [28]
Fire crews work to extinguish Wednesday's fire at the Rhode Island Recycled Metals scrapyard in the Port of Providence, which sent plumes of smoke billowing over nearby neighborhoods.
The Outlet Company was formed in 1891 when brothers Joseph and Leon Samuels opened a department store at 176 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Known as The Outlet , it quickly became a Providence landmark to the point of occupying an entire city block and attracting shoppers from all over southern New England .