BostonTimelapse looked out of his South Boston window towards the Blue Hills Reservation around 7:50 tonight and saw the red-hued smoke from brush fires in the park. He reports that an hour later, the fires, or at least the glow from them, had died down. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 9:29pm
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By adamg - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 9:19pm
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.
By adamg - Mon, 11/11/2024 - 8:25pm
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.
By adamg - Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:00am
Fires seen from a lobster boat heading out from Gloucester early this morning.
By adamg - Sat, 11/09/2024 - 3:36pm
NBC Boston reports more than 100 acres of woods burned overnight in Lynn.
The National Weather Service has a red-flag warning up for the entire state, until 6 p.m. on Sunday. There's a chance of rain after that and through Monday.
By adamg - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 3:02pm
As promised in the morning by the National Weather Service, the smelly haze that settled in over the Boston area from brush fires along the North Shore lifted early this afternoon. But when Josh Bittker looked out of his Seaport window this afternoon, he could still see smoke rising from north of the city.
By adamg - Sun, 09/15/2024 - 5:38pm
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.
By adamg - Fri, 04/14/2023 - 5:04pm
WCVB reports firefighters are battling a brush fire near the Worcester Line tracks where Southborough, Westborough and Hopkinton meet, which led to delays of an hour or more on the line.
Yesterday, a smaller brush fire near the Northeast Corridor tracks at Cummins Highway in Roslindale halted service for both Amtrak and the Providence and Franklin lines.
By adamg - Thu, 04/13/2023 - 6:18pm
By adamg - Tue, 04/20/2021 - 1:26pm
KTC shows us the brush fire on the side of the turnpike outbound this afternoon:
By adamg - Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:49pm
By adamg - Sun, 09/04/2016 - 9:33pm
Boston firefighters are back in the woods between Roxbury Latin School and the bird streets in West Roxbury, where the brush has burst into flames again.
A BFD spokesman says officials have "no idea" why the brush keeps catching on fire when other parts of the city that usually see brush fires - including the nearby Stony Brook Reservation - have so far remained fire free over the past couple of weeks.
By adamg - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:35am
Around 11:30 a.m., Sean Olson reports. The T reports it's the Ashmont line that's affected.
UPDATE: Firefighters off the tracks around 11:50 a.m.
