Cold

French Toast Alert Level: 1 Slice / Low. Explanation.

Burst pipe at Brigham and Women's forces relocation of patients

By adamg - 1/7/14 - 1:11 pm

The Boston Business Journal reports on the sixth-floor pipe failure today.

Fire and ice

By adamg - 1/7/14 - 8:21 am

Italian in Boston watched the sun come up over Newburyport this morning.

Is the Charles all it's cracked up to be?

By adamg - 1/5/14 - 8:26 pm

Devorah Klein reports seeing several people bicycling on the Charles River this evening:

The cyclists were right by MIT, near what looked like a crack in the ice.

Water leak forces evacuation of Cambridge YWCA

By adamg - 1/5/14 - 7:04 pm

Red Cross sets up shelter for residents evacuated from Cambridge YWCA

Shelter for YWCA residents at Frisoli Youth Center. Photo by American Red Cross.

The Cambridge Fire Department reports a broken water main in the basement of the YWCA on Temple Street forced the evacuation of the building this evening.

The American Red Cross reports 98 residents were forced out. It's setting up a shelter at the Frisoli Youth Center for the residents - and trucking in blankets, cots and 40 pizzas.

Sprinklers, pipes fail across Boston

By adamg - 1/4/14 - 9:13 pm

Flooded basement at 99 Bay State Rd. in Boston

Ladder floats in flooded basement of MIT frat on Bay State Road. Photo by BFD.

From downtown office towers to apartments across the city, Boston firefighters were kept busy tonight dealing with sprinkler systems failing under the onslaught of cold temperatures.

Firefighters went floor to floor in the 33-story 44 Federal St. tonight, ordering all unnecessary workers out of the building after they shut the entire building's sprinkler system due to a leak.

Around the same time, firefighters responded to the Vault Restaurant, on the appropriately named Water Street, for a burst pipe feeding sprinklers in that building.

Bank goes burst on Boylston

By adamg - 1/4/14 - 12:29 pm

Burst pipe at Santander Bank on Boylston Street in Boston

Katie Painter reports a burst pipe at the Santander Bank branch at 575 Boylston St. sent water flooding onto the street and set off the bank's alarms around noontime.

Dan Adams reports a sprinkler burst on the first floor of Spaulding Hospital, closing its kitchen.

Yesterday:
The pipes bursting in air, gave proof through the night, that's it's still cold out there.

The pipes bursting in air, gave proof through the night, that's it's still cold out there

By adamg - 1/3/14 - 5:57 pm

Loews wasn't catching fire, it was leaking water. Photo by Laura Kinson.

Cold-weary Bostonians seeking a little diversion at the Loews found themselves back out on a frigid Tremont Street late this afternoon when a pipe burst and the megaplex was evacuated.

Earlier, the Prudential Center mall developed an impromptu waterfall when a pipe burst. Chico's was ruined, Julie Loncich reports.

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