Bridgewater Triangle Fire
A significant Hockomock Swamp/Bridgewater Triangle structure has vanished, apparently due to arson. The Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Indian Cultural Center building in the Freetown State Forest was destroyed by fire Saturday morning, June 27, 2009. It was located on Ledge Road on the 227-acre Watuppa Reservation in the forest, according to a statement by the Freetown Fire Department. Police said the Freetown Communications Center received calls at 7:30 a.m. for “smoke in the area.” When firefighters arrived, they found the 30-by-25-foot single-story wooden structure on fully involved in fire. It took a dozen firefighters using three engine companies about 90 minutes to extinguish the flames, police said. Investigators from the police and fire departments and the State Fire Marshal’s Office are looking into the cause of the fire. Ken Alves, chief of the Assonet Band of thw Wampanoag nation, said he suspected arson, citing many other acts of vandalism that have occurred at the Cultural...