Bethel Fire Department

Earlier this year, Bethel firefighters accused the City of Bethel of cutting their hourly pay by nearly a third. The city said the reduction wasn’t a pay cut, but a return to the status quo after thousands of dollars were mistakenly paid to employees. A partial resolution still leaves questions about the long-term future of the Bethel Fire Department.

First responders said that a snowcat machine was found ablaze on the evening of Sept. 28, and that the flames did not spread and no injuries were reported.

Responders found the vehicle fully engulfed at a property on 3rd Ave. at around 12:30 p.m. A separate fire that apparently spread from the vehicle to an adjacent warehouse was contained within the building’s insulation.

First responders to the residence in Bethel’s Trailer Court neighborhood on late Monday (April 20) afternoon were unable to enter due to “extreme heat, heavy smoke, and active flames.” After the fire was extinguished, responders found two people deceased inside.

Seventeen-year-old James J. McMillen died in Bethel after police say a snowmachine he was driving sank in a pond and he was unable to swim to safety late Saturday evening (May 3).

Students at Bethel Regional High School evacuated to a nearby building on Oct. 16 after a fire broke out in a girls’ bathroom near the gymnasium sometime that afternoon.

Bethel’s first responders say an initial investigation into the June 14 fire found that the fire may have started accidentally, possibly from a lit cigarette.

Three people were in “critical” condition after a house fire in Bethel on Friday afternoon (June 14), according to Bethel’s Police Department.

The Bethel Fire Department responded to a structure fire over the weekend with no injuries reported. The cause is not yet known.The Bethel Police…

Two big donations mean that the Bethel Firefighters and EMTs are close to meeting their fundraising goals for another ambulance.As of Thursday, the Bethel…