Brush fire in the woods off West Roxbury Parkway and Weld Street
By adamg - 11/13/24 - 9:19 pm

Boston firefighters responded to the section of Allandale Woods off West Roxbury Parkway, VFW Parkway and Weld Street for a brush fire shortly before 5:45 p.m. Read more.

Smoke from car fire on I-93
By adamg - 11/13/24 - 4:10 pm

A hybrid burst into flames on I-93 outbound, just south of Freeport Street, around 2:10 p.m. A roving UHub photographer at Lambert's off Morrissey Boulevard captured the smoke plume. No reports of injuries.

Fire on Weyonoke Street
By adamg - 11/13/24 - 12:14 pm

Boston firefighters responded to 10 Weyonoke St. in Dorchester around 10:10 a.m. for what turned into a three-alarm fire.

Fire was coming out of all three floors when firefighters arrived at the scene.

By adamg - 11/12/24 - 10:38 pm

The Heights reports Boston firefighters responded to the area of Lake Street and Undine Road around 2:45 p.m. for a brush fire in woods there.

The entire state is under a red flag warning until at least 6 p.m. on Wednesday because of a drought that has persisted even as deciduous trees shed their leaves, creating huge swaths of particularly flammable areas.

Fire in Lynn Woods
By adamg - 11/11/24 - 8:25 pm

Romeo Trauma set his drone flying over the Lynn Woods shortly before sundown this evening. In the left photo, you can see some burning continuing. On the right, you can see some of the damage done by the fire in recent days.

Heavy smoke pouring out of house
By adamg - 11/4/24 - 4:50 pm

Boston firefighters responded to 294 Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park shortly before 4 p.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.

The Boston Fire Department reports smoke was pouring from the house when firefighters arrived.

Aftermath of fire on Woodville Street
By adamg - 11/3/24 - 9:38 am

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 17 Woodville St. in Roxbury around 1:30 a.m. for what turned into a three-alarm blaze that spread to the neighboring 15 Woodville St.

The department reports the fire, on the second and third floors of 17 Woodville, displaced ten people, but adds there were no injuries.

Charred remains of hot-dog stand on the Common
By adamg - 10/31/24 - 10:27 pm

Boston firefighters responded to the Common shortly after 2:20 p.m. for a flaming hot-dog stand on the main path near the baseball field. Firefighters quickly doused the fire.

No reports of injuries, no tallies of burnt wieners.

Firefighters at burned out 128 Capen St.
By adamg - 10/29/24 - 9:39 pm

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 128 Capen St., near Fuller Street in Dorchester, for what turned into a two-alarm fire around 7:15 p.m.

The department reports the fire displaced 15 residents, but that none were injured.

Aftermath of fire on Hyde Park Avenue
By adamg - 10/29/24 - 9:24 am

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 1049 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park for a fire around 4:10 a.m. Read more.

Smoke-fed haze over Boston Harbor
By adamg - 10/28/24 - 9:11 am

On both sides of the Charles, people called 911 to report the smell of smoke this morning, as bone-dry brush in greater Boston started flaming overnight. Read more.

Fire on Holton Street
By adamg - 10/25/24 - 10:55 pm

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 9-11 Holton St. in Allston around 10 p.m. for an attic fire that turned into a two-alarm blaze. Read more.

By adamg - 9/16/24 - 4:37 pm

Update, 5:10 p.m.: BFD is asking police to shut Enneking Parkway.

Boston firefighters responded shortly after 4 p.m. to Stony Brook Reservation, between West Boundary Road and Enneking Parkway for a brush fire that consumed at least an acre.

Firefighters responded to the reservation on Saturday for a brush fire that erupted on the other side of the parkway, between Washington Street and Turtle Pond.

Firefighters fight brush fire in Stony Brook Reservation
By adamg - 9/15/24 - 5:38 pm

Boston firefighters have been busy battling brush fires this weekend, first in Stony Brook Reservation yesterday and then in Franklin Park today - after more than three weeks without any rain. Read more.

Sealcoating truck on fire
By adamg - 9/3/24 - 9:17 pm

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz found himself slowed to a crawl heading west on 93 south (128 north for you grizzled Boston-area drivers) in Canton shortly before 2:30 p.m. due to a New England Sealcoating truck busy going up in flames on 93 north (the former 128 south), just past the I-95 interchange: Read more.

Firefighter, ladder at smoky house on Tip Top Street
By adamg - 8/18/24 - 11:01 pm

Boston firefighters responded around 5:40 a.m. to the rear of 7 Tip Top St. in Brighton's Oak Square for what turned into a two-alarm fire. Read more.

Firefighters going aboard the Symphony
By adamg - 7/22/24 - 11:18 pm

Boston firefighters responded to the Boston Autoport off Terminal Street in Charlestown after some electrical equipment caught on fire around 8:30 p.m. in the engine room of the Symphony, which had arrived in Boston from Dublin earlier in the day. Read more.

Lamborghini goes up in flames on Neponset Valley Parkway
By adamg - 7/22/24 - 10:09 am

Matt Shuman forwarded photos from Russell Holman, who was driving down Neponset Valley Parkway near Westinghouse Plaza in Hyde Park Friday afternoon when he couldn't help but notice a Lamborghini fully engulfed in flames. Read more.

Firefighter surveys damage from window
By adamg - 7/21/24 - 1:54 pm

The Boston Fire Department reports six people were displaced by a fire at 14 Ellis St. in Hyde Park called in shortly before 11:15 p.m. on Saturday.

The fire, which raced through the second floor and attic, caused no injuries, the department reports.