Boston firefighters responded around 5:15 p.m. to Tremont and Stuart streets, where a fire broke out on the first and second floors of a 24-story hotel under construction, next to the Wilbur Theater.
Fire commanders declared the fire knocked down around 5:45 p.m. in the building, which will house 346 "micro" hotel rooms.
The Boston Fire Department, which says the fire was limited to 'exterior construction materials," estimates damage at $250,000.
This is the third fire to break out in a high-rise tower under construction in Boston in recent weeks. On March 9, a fire erupted in a tower under construction on Causeway Street; on Feb. 23, a fire broke out in a tower under construction at the Government Center Garage.
Theater District fire (photo by Jan):
— David Thaler (@drthaler) April 4, 2019
Fire in bottom floor of bldg under construction at Stuart and Tremont. Smoke has dissipated. @universalhub pic.twitter.com/Zgtc5LmTa7
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Tufts outpatient building is directly behind it
By lobster nanny
Thu, 04/04/2019 - 5:36pm
Good thing this is after hours.
:) :) :)
By zetag
Thu, 04/04/2019 - 6:37pm
The notorious smiley face arsonsist!
there was a "Red Flag" fire danger warning today
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/04/2019 - 6:47pm
Red Flag Warning for Southeast Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Maybe not a good day to be welding anything
Point proven
By BostonDog
Thu, 04/04/2019 - 7:00pm
This is why I don't trust buildings made of concrete and steel. Had they stuck with wood this wouldn't have happened.
/S
Riiiight
By bgl
Thu, 04/04/2019 - 10:21pm
Except this, and the other cases were well contained and managed and construction continued. Unlike, say, the fire that broke out in the 5 over 1 stick built building by Ashmont which ended in a total lose requiring the entire thing to be torn down and rebuilt.
clue to cause of fire
By Ishmael Jones
Fri, 04/05/2019 - 10:57am
White Punks on Dope
beat me to it
By AgingCynic
Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:59pm
cue "down the tubes" jokes.......
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