Westbrook Fire News Today

Nearby residents have reported a light smell of gas in the area. Fire officials are advising motorists to avoid the area.

Of the five people injured, one had to be extricated from a vehicle.

Brown Street was closed at Cumberland Street while crews worked on the scene.

A man who went overboard in Long Island Sound, off Cornfield Point in Old Saybrook, has been located and he was transported to a medical facility.

Maine has yet another hero when this off-duty firefighter ran into a burning building to save a life.

The driver received non-life-threatening injuries.

The Westbrook Fire Department posted on Facebook that a car drove into a building in the 600 block of Spring Street. No injuries were reported

For incidents reported Oct. 18 through Oct. 21.

The crash was reported at 12:29 p.m.

As the omicron surge continues in Maine, demand is still strong, but it's getting a bit easier to get tested, say people who did so on Sunday.