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Lucky the fire started when it did

adamg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:39:09 -0400

Valerie reports her uncle lived in a Stoneham house destroyed in a three-alarm fire last night:

I am so grateful it happened at 10pm instead of 2am. If it had happened later I fear we would be planning a funeral today. John said it spread really fast. He overheard his downstairs neighbor on the phone to her DH saying that she had a candle going and it caught the curtains on fire.

Perhaps it's time to move...

jscg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:47:28 -0400

The Boston Herald reports:

For the third time in a little over a year, residents of a Peabody apartment complex were forced to flee as their flame-plagued complex caught fire again.

A three-alarm blaze broke out on the roof of a building at the Highlands at Dearborn yesterday after a lightning bolt struck.

Smoke coming out of the Pru

adamg — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:45:49 -0400

Nothing on the news about it, so this couldn't have been too serious, right? Another view.

Fire on Beacon Street in the Back Bay

adamg — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:09:34 -0400

Two-alarm fire this afternoon at 256 Beacon St.. Sandy posts photos.

Three-alarmer destroys two-family house in Roslindale

adamg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:08 -0400

The Transcript reports no one hurt in early morning fire at 4085 Washington St..

Coolidge Corner video

adamg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:19 -0400

Kineferous was in Coolidge Corner yesterday. He took the video with his cellphone and describes (click on More Info on the right) the chaotic scene and the way so many people quickly rushed in to help after the fatal accident.

Another big fire in Jamaica Plain

adamg — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:37:07 -0400

Three-alarm fire this evening at 47 Walden St.

Earlier:
Three-decker three-alarmer on Tower Street.
Huge fire on tiny JP street.

Thanking Boston firefighters

adamg — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:33:28 -0400

Krank Kether lives in that Jamaica Plain triple decker that nearly burned to the ground on Thursday and she wants to praise the firefighters who responded (two of whom were hurt):

... I lost a lot, other people in other units lost more and less than I did. But those are possessions. We all have our lives.

This isn't so much an attention plea as much as it is a first-hand account of how we have a really great fire department. ...

Maybe the red stands for the color of the firetrucks that keep having to be called

adamg — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:07:29 -0400

Red Line shut down due to fire at South Station.

Earlier:
Red Line shut down due to fire at Porter.
Red Line shut down due to fire at Downtown Crossing.
Red Line shut down due to fire at Broadway.
Red Line shut down due to fire at Charles/MGH.
Mattapan Line shut down due to brush fire.

Another building on a pier catches on fire

adamg — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:07:44 -0400

Three-alarmer around 5 p.m. off Border Street in East Boston.

Earlier:
James Hook burns down.