Fires in Boston

Over the past year, as reported by the Boston Fire Department and other sources.

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6/18/12 - 5:30 pm Red Line on fire again, and just in time for rush hour
4/4/12 - 9:00 am Red Line track fire fills Downtown Crossing with smoke, shuts service
11/11/12 - 7:49 am Two cars torched in Allston 15 Long Ave. Allston
8/25/12 - 11:50 pm Car goes up in flames in Allston; BFD says not arson 28 Allston St. Allston
4/28/13 - 6:35 am One dead, fifteen injured in Allston house fire 87 Linden St. Allston
4/18/12 - 3:48 am Early morning fire rips through Allston laundromat 93 Glenville Ave. Allston
9/19/12 - 7:20 am Pesky generator fire forces evacuation of Allston hotel 400 Soldiers Field Rd. Allston
10/27/12 - 6:17 am Five-alarm fire ravages Allston home; woman jumps from third floor, lands on firefighter 62 Quint Ave. Allston
3/3/11 - 5:30 pm Another fire on the Green Line, this one on the tracks at Packard's Corner Brighton Ave. and Commonwealth Ave. Allston
10/28/12 - 6:40 am Early morning car fire in Allston 13 Higgins St. Allston
5/1/13 - 2:44 pm Two-alarm fire displaces eight in Allston 16 Easton St. Allston
12/22/11 - 1:15 am Two-alarm Allston blaze sends two firefighters to hospital 61 Franklin St. Allston
10/25/12 - 2:38 pm One-alarm fire erupts in Allston basement 1144 Commonwealth Ave. Allston
9/24/11 - 7:50 am Increasingly brazen arsonist sets four more cars on fire in small part of Allston Pratt St. Allston
1/11/13 - 3:15 pm Burning manhole makes a mess of traffic, power in Allston Brighton Ave. and Harvard Ave. Allston
1/22/12 - 7:08 am Two jump from window to escape Allston fire; one critical 84 Linden St. Allston
7/16/12 - 7:12 am Short circuit sparks fire in Allston duplex 100 Hooker St. Allston
2/20/13 - 9:18 am Fire rips through Back Bay brownstone 17 Commonwealth Ave. Back Bay
1/23/13 - 7:45 am Cable fire on the Green Line, dead trains on the Red Line 330 Boylston St. Back Bay
2/25/13 - 11:25 am Two manholes burst into flames this morning Darmouth St. and Newbury St. Back Bay
10/28/11 - 5:30 pm Flaming pickup delays commuters Commonwealth Ave. and Rte. 2 Boston
5/31/11 - 10:30 am Electrical fire across from City Hall 100 City Hall Plaza Boston
3/13/12 - 6:20 pm Transformer explodes, fire rages, Back Bay goes dark 40 Dalton St. Boston
10/9/11 - 6:00 pm Fire at Kenmore stops Green Line service Beacon St. and Commonwealth Ave. Boston
10/22/11 - 5:55 pm Track fire under a train at Park Street Tremont St. and Park St. Boston
12/6/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through Marlborough Street building 197 Marlborough St. Boston
1/8/11 - 10:41 am Construction workers spark two-alarm fire atop Mass. General building 165 Cambridge St. Boston
6/10/11 - 3:20 pm Fire in Back Bay building undergoing repairs due to massive fire last year 483 Beacon St. Boston
4/11/11 - 6:45 pm Blue Line on fire at Bowdoin Cambridge St. and New Chardon St. Boston
4/24/11 - 12:16 pm Three-alarm fire in Tremont Street apartment building 151 Tremont St. Boston
4/6/12 - 7:10 pm Oh, that? Just another manhole fire in the Back Bay, it's nothing, really 70 St. Botolph St. Boston
1/31/12 - 4:58 am Early morning two-alarm fire in the South End forces evacuation of 100 450 Tremont St. Boston
3/28/11 - 6:24 pm Unattended candle sparks South End fire that sends five to the hospital 7 Yarmouth St. Boston
5/17/12 - 2:11 pm Torch-wielding plumber sparks Fenway fire 125 Jersey St. Boston
8/30/12 - 9:46 am Restaurant stove left on over night causes fire that displaces 24 in Chinatown 25 Tyler St. Boston
3/27/12 - 4:00 pm South End roof catches fire 33 Union Park Boston
2/22/11 - 4:10 am Early morning fire at North End restaurant 48 Salem St. Boston
7/15/12 - 3:00 am Early morning fire does major damage to North End restaurant 24 Fleet St. Boston
12/31/12 - 11:25 am 18-wheeler on fire in O'Neill Tunnel john f. fitzgerald surface rd and state st Boston
2/28/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm trash fire forces evacuation of South End building 474 Tremont St. Boston
12/26/12 - 5:15 pm Fire on 30th floor of downtown tower quickly knocked down 1 Beacon St. Boston
6/14/12 - 10:35 pm Red Line catches on fire again Washington St. and Summer St. Boston
2/22/11 - 2:30 pm Fire erupts on Gloucester Street at Newbury 33 Gloucester St. Boston
7/30/12 - 10:15 am Fire-spitting acetylene tank shuts Westin garage 10 Huntington Ave. Boston
11/17/11 - 11:14 am Plumber blamed for two-alarm fire that left nine homeless in the South End 86 W. Newton St. Boston
2/27/12 - 11:30 am Red Sox were on fire this morning 4 Yawkey Way Boston
1/23/12 - 2:09 am No injuries in two-alarm Fenway fire 66 Westland Ave. Boston
1/18/11 - 1:00 pm Orange Line on fire again Washington St. and Winter St. Boston
7/6/12 - 10:53 am Flaming manhole at Northeastern caused by 'penetrating spray' flashover 359 Huntington Ave. Boston
7/8/11 - 10:00 am Four-alarm fire at Beacon Hill market 11 Charles St. Boston
5/4/11 - 5:15 am Worker on smoke break sparks fire that destroys waterfront law office 95 Commercial Wharf Boston
8/9/12 - 7:45 pm Another propane grill sets another building on fire, this time in the South End 20 Wellington St. Boston
3/13/12 - 4:37 pm Two-alarm fire ravages landmark bar 1 Haviland St. Boston
3/23/11 - 9:30 am Firefighters make quick work of downtown fire 62 Boylston St. Boston
4/9/12 - 7:10 pm Government Center T stop evacuated after escalator catches on fire 2 Center Plaza Boston
5/28/11 - 12:18 pm Smoker causes one-alarm North End fire 16 Parmenter St. Boston
8/19/11 - 9:30 am Manhole fire forces evacuation of downtown building, shuts down streets 211 Congress St. Boston
11/27/12 - 12:15 pm Trash fire shuts Orange Line; had been awhile, hadn't it? St. Botolph St. and Massachusetts Ave. Boston
5/24/12 - 9:30 am BFD battles Back Bay blaze 321 Commonwealth Ave. Boston
8/30/12 - 7:14 pm One-alarm fire in apartment down the street from Back Bay station 333 Columbus Ave. Boston
1/14/11 - 8:30 am Track fire at Downtown Crossing disrupts Red Line service Washington St. and Summer St. Boston
3/3/11 - 3:20 pm Oak Square apartment building hit by fire 501 Washington St. Brighotn
7/31/12 - 8:54 am One dead at Brighton fire; second victim attacks firefighters with knife 2 Fidelis Way Brighton
12/8/12 - 8:00 am Fire and rain on the Green line Lake St. and Commonwealth Ave. Brighton
2/3/13 - 9:43 pm Two-alarm fire races through Oak Square home 4 Langley Rd. Brighton
2/12/12 - 5:49 am Four-alarm fire takes out Brighton store block 165 Chestnut Hill Ave. Brighton
4/19/12 - 12:25 am Two-alarm fire in Brighton rousts residents 737 Cambridge St. Brighton
4/7/13 - 4:27 am Smoker almost sets BC dorm room on fire; sprinkler works as designed 110 St. Thomas More Rd. Brighton
3/18/11 - 11:40 am Gilmore Bridge on fire Gilmore Bridge and Austin St. Charlestown
9/13/11 - 9:30 am Fire forces evacuation of Charlestown senior-citizen project 100 Ferrin St. Charlestown
11/7/12 - 12:56 pm Woman burned in Charlestown fire 7 Phipps St. Charlestown
9/13/11 - 1:06 pm Car fire in the hole in Charlestown 197 8 St. Charlestown
2/7/11 - 12:41 am Three charged with setting Charlestown apartment on fire over drug debt 74 Medford St. Charlestown
3/28/11 - 3:00 pm And cue fire on the Orange Line 1 Boylston St. Chinatown
2/4/12 - 9:40 am Firefighter suffers head injury at two-alarm fire in Dorchester 101 Maxwell St. Dorchester
10/27/12 - 10:00 pm Two residents, two firefighters injured in three-alarm fire in Dorchester 4 Theodore St. Dorchester
2/11/11 - 12:30 pm Vent fire erupts at Chinese restaurant in Dorchester 520 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
3/11/12 - 12:15 pm Yet another fire blamed on a careless smoker 72 Tuttle St. Dorchester
2/29/12 - 6:00 pm Two-alarm pier fire at Dorchester Yacht Club 100 Playstead Rd. Dorchester
4/7/13 - 4:42 am Unattended candle sparks 1-alarm fire in Dorchester 125 Fairmont St. Dorchester
1/21/13 - 12:02 am Dorchester furniture store on fire 50 Freeport St. Dorchester
8/30/11 - 2:22 pm Two-alarm Dorchester fire sends one firefighter to the hospital 97 Mt. Ida St. Dorchester
1/21/12 - 1:00 pm House erupts into flames next to firehouse 27 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
5/2/13 - 5:25 pm Two-alarm fire empties Dorchester house; another smoker to blame 22 Gaylord St. Dorchester
10/10/11 - 3:03 pm Four-alarm fire damages Dorchester house, sends five firefighters to hospital 8 Boyd St. Dorchester
8/16/12 - 11:30 am Five-alarm fire ravages Dorchester three decker 5 Fairmount St. Dorchester
1/3/12 - 3:04 am One dead, several injured in fire at Columbia Point 40 Westwind Rd. Dorchester
12/5/11 - 10:54 am Savin Hill two-alarm fire displaces nine 161 Sydney St. Dorchester
2/9/13 - 11:43 pm Three-alarm fire injures four in Dorchester 49 Mather St. Dorchester
9/15/11 - 7:00 am Flame broiling damages Dorchester McDonald's, injures worker 515 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
4/12/13 - 10:41 am Basement fire in Uphams Corner building spreads upward through trash chutes 3 Monadnock St. Dorchester
9/10/11 - 4:51 am Arson blamed for early morning fire in Dorchester that injured one firefighter 130 Devon St. Dorchester
1/13/13 - 4:30 pm Two people pulled out of Dorchester fire 5 Everett Ave. Dorchester
8/27/11 - 5:10 pm Dorchester boat fire visible for miles around 400 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester
7/18/12 - 3:29 pm Possible lightning strike sets Dorchester attic on fire 101 Milton Ave. Dorchester
5/31/11 - 2:28 am Two-alarm Dorchester fire displaces three residents, injures two firefighters 47 Codman Hill Ave. Dorchester
5/7/12 - 5:38 pm Fire rips through Dorchester three deckers 21 Dean St. Dorchester
8/27/12 - 12:15 pm Flaming mattresses not enough to stop Fairmount Line Norfolk Ave. and Marshfield St. Dorchester
3/27/13 - 11:25 pm Short circuit sparks four-alarm fire in Dorchester block of stores 125 Harvard St. Dorchester
3/5/11 - 12:36 am Three-alarm fire ravages Dorchester home 3 Robinson St. Dorchester
6/7/11 - 5:30 pm Three-alarm fire damages Dorchester home 210 Harvard St. Dorchester
6/19/12 - 4:11 am One-alarm fire in Dorchester three-decker 74 Corona St. Dorchester
4/15/13 - 2:56 pm One mystery solved: BFD says JFK Library fire caused by stupid smoker, not terrorist 220 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester
6/14/12 - 1:50 pm Arson investigators probe Dorchester house fire 195 Norfolik St. Dorchester
11/4/11 - 11:48 pm One-alarm fire damages house on Columbia Road 333 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
2/22/12 - 7:15 pm First brush fire of the season 42 Ventura St. Dorchester
1/4/11 - 4:30 pm Three-alarm fire rips through Dorchester two-family 5 Page St. Dorchester
3/19/11 - 5:53 pm Three-alarm fire races through East Boston house 136 Chelsea St. East Boston
1/14/11 - 1:00 am Two-alarm fire displaces seven in East Boston 645 Saratoga St. East Boston
12/28/12 - 10:12 pm East Boston mattress fire being treated as suspicious; one resident resists removal 61 Eutaw St. East Boston
10/18/12 - 9:27 am Empty hangar at Logan catches fire Logan Airport East Boston
2/4/13 - 11:30 pm Five-alarm fire tears through East Boston building 269 Sumner St. East Boston
2/22/12 - 4:47 am Big fire in tiny restaurant 39 Maverick Sq. East Boston
1/24/13 - 2:03 pm Two-alarm fire damages East Boston residence 29 Leyden St. East Boston
11/15/12 - 3:05 pm East Boston building being demolished catches fire 36 New St. East Boston
10/8/11 - 10:30 pm House fire in East Boston 165 Coleridge St. East Boston
4/29/12 - 5:14 pm Three-alarm fire displaces 23 in East Boston 7 Havre St. East Boston
3/7/13 - 9:00 pm Woman badly burned in East Boston fire 170 Maverick St. East Boston
3/14/12 - 7:30 pm Fire on top floor of East Boston triple decker 518 Sumner St. East Boston
3/11/12 - 11:48 am Another careless smoker blamed for fire, this time in East Boston 114 Bayswater St. East Boston
9/27/12 - 9:53 am Fire burns six East Boston residents out of their homes 35 White St. East Boston
11/29/12 - 10:10 pm Fire rips through East Boston building 358 Meridian St. East Boston
4/4/13 - 5:26 pm Two-alarm fire in East Boston sends two firefighters to the hospital 96 Chelsea St. East Boston
8/30/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through East Boston triple decker 5 Shelby St. East Boston
4/13/11 - 5:20 am Two-alarm fire at East Boston machine shop 11 Walley St. East Boston
9/25/12 - 6:36 pm Basement short circuit sparks 2-alarm fire in East Boston 85 Eutaw St. East Boston
3/29/11 - 9:08 pm Two-alarm fire heavily damages East Boston home 211 Havre St. East Boston
4/1/12 - 1:50 pm Seven-alarm fire rips through East Boston apartment building 330 Chelsea St. East Boston
12/31/12 - 5:31 pm Two-alarm Fenway fire displaces 30 25 Peterborough St. Fenway
3/30/13 - 6:00 pm Arson squad, police investigate fire in the Fens after badly burned man pulled out of water 59 Fenway Fenway
9/5/11 - 2:42 am Early morning fire empties Fenway apartment building 90 Westland Ave. Fenway
12/25/12 - 9:40 pm Fire in five-story Fenway building 84 Fenway Fenway
4/4/13 - 7:30 pm Fens on fire again 59 Fenway Fenway
7/11/11 - 9:40 pm Vacant house catches fire in Hyde Park 20 Pond St. Hyde Park
4/20/12 - 5:30 pm Brush fire in Stony Brook Reservation Enneking Parkway and Smithfield Rd. Hyde Park
1/6/11 - 9:30 pm Three-alarm fire destroys two-family house in Hyde Park 61 Neponset Ave. Hyde Park
3/17/12 - 6:15 pm Hyde Square triple decker catches on fire 28 Paul Gore St. Jamaica Plain
7/23/12 - 12:30 pm Child playing with lighter starts two-alarm fire on Hyde Park Avenue 444 Hyde Park Ave. Jamaica Plain
8/1/11 - 3:18 am Careless smoker blamed for another fire, this time in Jamaica Plain 49 Mozart St. Jamaica Plain
6/14/11 - 10:55 am One-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain displaces two, injures two firefighters 18 Catumet St. Jamaica Plain
4/14/11 - 11:23 pm Fire goes to two alarms in JP triple-decker 17 Glade Ave. Jamaica Plain
4/27/11 - 6:02 pm Light left on in closet ignites clothes, sparks four-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain 14 Olmstead St. Jamaica Plain
4/20/12 - 11:20 am One-alarm fire damages Jamaica Plain house 83 Paul Gore St. Jamaica Plains
1/21/13 - 2:08 am Early morning fire forces residents out of Mattapan three decker 16 Estella St. Mattapan
11/4/11 - 5:30 pm The ribs on Morton Street are extra smoky tonight Morton St. and Evans St. Mattapan
5/6/11 - 5:15 am Three-alarm fire damages two Mattapan three-deckers, displaces 25 15 Woolson St. Mattapan
4/28/13 - 3:36 am Three-alarm fire in Mattapan injures three firefighters 15 Evelyn St. Mattapan
4/18/12 - 2:10 pm Mattapan attic fire goes to two alarms 98 Orlando St. Mattapan
2/23/11 - 1:45 am Two-alarm fire in Readville sends one to hospital 1825 River St. Readville
8/8/12 - 5:50 pm And here's why the fire department says grills don't belong on decks 32 Fawndale Rd. Roslindale
1/11/12 (All day) Boston Latin School student arrested on arson charges 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur Roxbury
7/22/11 - 2:30 pm Careless smoker starts three-alarm fire in Egleston Square that sends one firefighter to the hospital 1953 Columbus Ave. Roxbury
4/13/13 - 6:48 am Another large fire in abandoned Roxbury industrial complex 68 Norfolk Ave. Roxbury
2/11/11 - 9:00 pm Roxbury house on fire 26 Juniper St. Roxbury
10/26/11 - 1:20 pm Fire gives the boot to city pickup in Brigham Circle Brigham Circle Roxbury
10/17/11 - 12:45 am Man charged with setting six-alarm fire in Roxbury Waldman St. and Westminster Ave. Roxbury
8/8/12 - 3:20 am Early morning fire on Mission Hill injures two 808 Parker St. Roxbury
9/3/12 - 10:00 pm Water damage from sprinklers set off by stove fire displaces Mission Hill family 675 Parker St. Roxbury
10/30/11 - 12:45 am Five-alarm fire traps woman, destroys apartments on Mission Hill 37 Calumet St. Roxbury
3/21/12 - 10:00 pm Four-alarm fire in same Roxbury complex hit by nine-alarm fire in 2010 35 Norfolk Ave. Roxbury
6/16/11 - 6:30 am Woman found dead in fire at Roxbury senior-citizens apartment building 757 Shawmut Ave. Roxbury
4/28/12 - 11:20 am Careless smoker blamed for two-alarm fire in Roxbury that displaced 10 81 Moreland St. Roxbury
12/29/12 - 10:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through Roxbury house 4 Juniper St. Roxbury
3/13/11 - 3:55 am Two-alarm fire on Mission Hill caused by cigarette 149 Hillside St. Roxbury
5/3/11 - 5:45 pm Roof fire shuts down Huntington Avenue near medical area 621 Huntington Ave. Roxbury
1/21/11 - 4:43 am Early morning fire rousts 18 in Roxbury 185 Walnut Ave. Roxbury
12/4/11 - 8:38 pm Two-alarm fire sends two Roxbury residents to the hospital 34 Clifton St. Roxbury
3/8/12 - 10:50 pm Investigators: Fire near Dudley Square was arson 7 St. James St. Roxbury
6/25/12 - 3:45 pm Exploding manhole brings down power by the Children's Museum 343 Congress St. South Boston
9/19/11 - 11:00 pm Three-alarm fire rips through Fort Point building; two firefighters injured Melcher St. South Boston
11/18/11 - 12:46 am Short circuit sparks two-alarm fire across from Broadway T stop 24 W. Broadway South Boston
5/27/12 - 2:52 am Two found dead at South Boston fire 4 Linsky Barry Ct. South Boston
1/13/11 - 9:00 pm Underground wire fire forces overnight evacuation of homes in South Boston 305 Bolton St. South Boston
6/22/12 - 1:40 pm South Boston building on fire 191 K St. South Boston
5/24/12 - 4:15 pm Transformer fire at Moakley Courthouse 12 Northern Ave. South Boston
11/13/12 - 11:10 am Opening of new South Boston market delayed when it catches fire 230 W. Broadway South Boston
1/15/12 - 10:00 pm Copper thieves learn there are still live wires in the old South Boston power plant Summer St. and 1 St. South Boston
8/6/12 - 1:45 pm Large forklift catches fire at South Boston container terminal 940 E. 1 St. South Boston
7/23/12 - 3:10 pm Building on South Boston waterfront evacuated when basement fire erupts 27 Drydock Ave. South Boston
1/31/13 - 5:45 pm Residential building on fire in South Boston 338 W. 3 St. South Boston
8/18/11 - 4:00 pm Red Line shut by trash fire, but at least it wasn't cows Dorchester Ave. and Broadway South Boston
1/3/13 - 4:30 am Fire and ice in the South End 34 Union Square South End
2/8/13 - 8:45 pm Explosion, fire in West End garage 8 Whittier Pl. West End
3/8/13 - 11:08 pm Old McDonald's had a fire 1655 VFW Parkway West Roxbury
3/4/11 - 2:45 pm House on fire in West Roxbury 45 DeSoto Rd. West Roxbury
1/7/13 - 12:36 am Arson squad investigating eight-car fire at West Roxbury auto-repair shop 1200 VFW Parkway West Roxbury
2/6/11 - 5:45 pm Manhole fire forces evacuation of several homes in West Roxbury Gertrude St. West Roxbury