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An apparent chemical exposure at a Rhode Island shopping plaza sent nine people to the hospital and forced several stores to evacuate Thursday, officials told...

Police and firefighters responded to a shopping plaza in Warwick on Thursday morning.

Warwicks police chief and fire chief were aware that a retired firefighter was accused of threatening their lives.

Woman injured in Warwick house fire dies at hospital February 18, 2021 GMT WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A woman who may have reentered a burning home in Rhode Island on Thursday morning to find a dog has died, officials said. Firefighters responded to the Warwick home at about 8:45 a.m., Chief Peter McMichael said. Although the second-floor fire was quickly doused, firefighters who entered the home found the victim inside, he said. She was taken to Kent Hospital where she was pronounced dead, McMicha...

She needed to find safety outdoors. But Shaylyn, a caring 37-year-old lunch aide and bus monitor in the Warwick school system, had a less selfish idea, according to her mother, Laurie Schoonmaker. She knew that Schoonmakers chihuahua, Lilly, was still on the second-floor of the house, at 2 Chesterfield Ave. Up she went, Shaylyns mother recalled Thursday afternoon as the family grappled with the sad aftermath. Warwick firefighters quickly knocked the fire down and brought Shaylyn Schoonmaker to...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A woman who may have reentered a burning home in Rhode Island on...