Ladders up. Photo by BFD.
Boston firefighters responded around 7 p.m. to the 30th floor of Atlantic Wharf, 280 Congress St. for a fire that Live Boston reports started in an electrical box.
The Boston Fire Department reports there were no injuries in the unoccupied commercial tower of the mixed-use complex.
The department adds that elevators serving floors 16 to 31 have been shut because of flooding from water used to fight the fire. Elevators serving floors 2 to 15 remain operational.
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By johnmcboston
Thu, 10/19/2023 - 10:46pm
So why the ladders again?
So the firefighters can get
By JPYuppie
Thu, 10/19/2023 - 11:00pm
So the firefighters can get closer to the fire to fight the fire.
hoses
By johnmcboston
Thu, 10/19/2023 - 11:09pm
Isn't that what standpipes are for? ladders are 10 stories at best, and the report is an issue on the 30th floor. So what - climb up 10 stories and shoot water p the other 20?
Seems like something that should be fought internally - unless ladders go up anyway just in case 'something else' happens...
Good questions!
By Don't Panic
Fri, 10/20/2023 - 2:32am
Ladders are a reassuring sight to the non-commercial residents. Call it fire fighting theater if you like.
The hollowed grounds of the
By Rwgfy
Fri, 10/20/2023 - 8:53am
The hollowed grounds of the downtown Boston
Let me guess, someone paid
By Chris77
Fri, 10/20/2023 - 6:52pm
Let me guess, someone paid $20 million for that property and now it's worth $7 million.
Huh?
By brianjdamico
Fri, 10/20/2023 - 8:04pm
Huh?
I thought that address looked
By MassMouse
Fri, 10/20/2023 - 1:10pm
I thought that address looked vaguely familiar- I was with Wellington Management there until I received the exciting promotion to unemployment rolls in June… along with a bunch of other “very lucky people”.
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