By adamg on Sat., 8/12/2023 - 8:50 pm 
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Boston firefighters responded to the James G. Grant Co. scrapyard at 28 Wolcott St., just down the street from the Readville Dunkin' Donuts, around 2 p.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The department reports the smoke was so thick that the first truck to respond disappeared from the sight of firefighters on additional arriving trucks. The department adds firefighters had to lay down thousands of feet of hose to hydrants to get enough water onto the blazing detritus, housed in an open enclosure of concrete blocks.
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I walked by it on Hyde Park
By JonFrum
Sat, 08/12/2023 - 9:26pm
I walked by it on Hyde Park ave this afternoon. Coming south from Clearly sq., I could see the column of smoke just after Shaw's. Then I walked quite a way before the first fire truck came by. Followed by 2 more, plus multiple dept. vehicles. After I got up on the incline leading to Walcott sq., I could see the pile of scrap and the fire. Lots of mostly white smoke. Luckily, it's in an isolated place.
They were back there this
By anon
Sun, 08/13/2023 - 11:37am
They were back there this morning because the fire came back.
Down the street from Dunkin' Donuts?
By mg
Sun, 08/13/2023 - 12:35pm
Really, Adam? Down the street from Dunkin' Donuts could describe practically everything in the Boston area.
Hah, but this is Wolcott Square
By adamg
Sun, 08/13/2023 - 12:50pm
Where there's just one Dunk's (across the Square from the Wolcott General Store and kitty corner from Rogers Gas with the bench that's perfect for watching the world slowly go by, right next to the city's smallest post office, which is right next to the city's smallest firehouse).
Pity Readville
By Tim Mc.
Tue, 08/15/2023 - 10:09am
for only having one place to get bad coffee and acceptable donuts.
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