Fire-spitting acetylene tank shuts Westin garage

What a gas: Former flaming tank. Photo by BFD.What a gas: Former flaming tank. Photo by BFD.

Update: Fire declared out at 10:49 a.m.

Firefighters are on the first level of the garage at the Westin in Copley Square, where an acetylene tank began spewing fire around 10:15 a.m. The hotel itself did not need to be evacuated.

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