Tuesday June 11th, 2019, at approximately 06:00 hours there was a derailed train caused by the Red Line at JFK/UMass Station. The incident came just three days after a Green Line D Branch train derailed, sending nine people to the hospital. MBTA officials have said Saturday’s derailment was caused by an...
On Wednesday April 17, 2019, at approximately 18:00 hours the Boston Fire Department and members of Boston Fire Fighters Local 718 IAFF responded to a fire at 4012 Washington Street in Roslindale. Upon arrival a second alarm was declared by the Lieutenant of E18, reporting heavy fire in the...
On Thursday April 18, 2019 at approximately 15:30 hours Boston Fire Department and members of Boston Fire Fighters Local 718 IAFF as well as Boston EMS (Emergency Medical Services) responded to a 2-alarm fire at 3 Dever Street in Dorchester. The fire swept through a home in Dorchester late...
On Wednesday April 17, 2019, after rapper Kodak Black’s no show at the House of Blues Boston, fans took to the street to display their distaste. Boston Police where called to 15 Lansdowne Street at 21:00 hours to contain a crowd of 100+ fans in what was described as...
On Thursday March 28, 2019 at approximately 22:00 hours Boston Fire and Medical Services arrived at UMassBoston for a level 2 hazmat caused by a student attempting to make a homemade substance. The “chemical spill or leak” incident that occurred on the ninth floor of the West Building confirms...
On March 15, 2019, Boston Fire Department responded to a 9-Alarm Fire in East Boston at Box 6243 for the New England Casket Factory. The New England Casket Co. on Bennington Street, founded decades ago by an Italian cabinet maker in East Boston, was destroyed in a massive fire...
On Wednesday February 20, 2019 Boston Fire Department responded to a basement fire at working at 42 Dana Ave. The call came for box 3754 at approximately 20:15 hours and a full assignment responded. The fire was quickly knocked down the the area overhauled. At this time firefighters do not...
Friday, February 15, 2019, the Boston Fire Department responded to a 2-Alarm fire at 60 Topliff Street at around 02:00 hours. Reports of a burning building go as far as 01:45 hours and fire and smoke was visible upon arrival and a second alarm was ordered. All of the...
Thursday February 14, 2019, Boston Fire Department responded to a fourth alarm fire at 20 Washington Street in Brighton. The fourth call came from box 531 for a five-story senior housing building. The fire was kept to a second-floor apartment, and the department estimated damage at about $500,000. According...
On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at approximately 1300 hours Boston Fire Department responded to a building fire in South Boston. Upon arriving to 348 East Eight St, firefighters saw smoke above the building. Firefighters quickly located the main bulk of the fire in the basement and extinguished the fire....
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, officers from district B-2 responded to a call for a person stabbed in the area of 148 Stanwood Street in Dorchester. In an unexpected turn of events when officers observed three individuals who appeared to be fleeing the scene. It was soon noted that the...
Boston firefighters battled a five-alarm fire that sparked Tuesday morning at a two-family home on Perrin Street in Roxbury, where one resident was rushed to the hospital for burn injuries. Nine people, including three children, escaped the flames and were displaced from the home. At least one resident was...
Firefighters braved the bitter cold before sunrise to battle a six-alarm fire at the Mount Zion Church in Roxbury, with one first responder sustaining a leg injury. Boston Fire reported the temperature was about 9 degrees when the fire broke out at about 4 a.m. Crews then jumped into...
Boston firefighters were forced into action as they battled flames in frigid temperatures at a Jamaica Plain home. The Boston Fire Department tweeted that flames began at the Boylston Street building around 4:05 p.m. Thursday afternoon, with fire showing from the second floor of the two-and-a-half story home. No...
An early morning fire Wednesday on Dewey Street in Roxbury has left 16 people homeless, according to the Boston Fire Department. Firefighters arrived at an apartment building on Dewey Street to find heavy fire on the rear porches of the three-story residence. The 12:45 a.m. blaze at the six-unit...
Two boats sank overnight in Boston and a third was damaged after they went up in flames in the Charlestown Marina. Boston Fire Department and Massport firefighters teamed up through the chilly night to keep the flames from spreading to other boats. Before dawn, BFD reported two boats had...
