An early morning propane explosion in Oak Bluffs sent one person to the hospital and damaged a home in the Camp Ground Monday morning. The explosion happened at about 6:30 a.m. in a newly renovated Camp Ground home on Central avenue, according to Oak Bluffs fire chief John Rose.

The Oak Bluffs Fire and EMT Departments are holding a volunteer recruitment day on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the firehouse located at 6 Firehouse Lane in Oak Bluffs.

An Oak Bluffs ambulance crew did double duty as a first responder at the scene of an accident Tuesday morning on the highway near Wareham.

Oak Bluffs firefighters have stepped up to help Eric Voshell, a six-year veteran of the department who was injured in a serious motorcycle accident.

The town of Oak Bluffs has settled a long-running labor dispute inside the fire department.

Call firefighters in Oak Bluffs spoke out last week following the recent informational picket by members of International Association of Fire Fighters.

About 20 members of the International Association of Fire Fighters came before Oak Bluffs selectmen following a day of informational picketing.

An early morning house fire in Oak Bluffs destroyed an accessory apartment but all the building occupants escaped without injury.

With temperatures hovering about one degree above zero and a wind chill of 18 degrees below, Oak Bluffs firefighters staged an ice rescue drill Sunday morning on a frozen pond off County Road.