Fires in Boston

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

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Datesort icon Incident Address Neighborhood
4/15/13 - 2:56 pm One mystery solved: BFD says JFK Library fire caused by stupid smoker, not terrorist 220 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester
4/13/13 - 6:48 am Another large fire in abandoned Roxbury industrial complex 68 Norfolk Ave. Roxbury
4/12/13 - 10:41 am Basement fire in Uphams Corner building spreads upward through trash chutes 3 Monadnock St. Dorchester
4/7/13 - 4:42 am Unattended candle sparks 1-alarm fire in Dorchester 125 Fairmont St. Dorchester
4/7/13 - 4:27 am Smoker almost sets BC dorm room on fire; sprinkler works as designed 110 St. Thomas More Rd. Brighton
4/4/13 - 7:30 pm Fens on fire again 59 Fenway Fenway
4/4/13 - 5:26 pm Two-alarm fire in East Boston sends two firefighters to the hospital 96 Chelsea St. East Boston
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
3/27/13 - 11:25 pm Short circuit sparks four-alarm fire in Dorchester block of stores 125 Harvard St. Dorchester
3/8/13 - 11:08 pm Old McDonald's had a fire 1655 VFW Parkway West Roxbury
3/7/13 - 9:00 pm Woman badly burned in East Boston fire 170 Maverick St. East Boston
2/25/13 - 11:25 am Two manholes burst into flames this morning Darmouth St. and Newbury St. Back Bay
2/20/13 - 9:18 am Fire rips through Back Bay brownstone 17 Commonwealth Ave. Back Bay
2/9/13 - 11:43 pm Three-alarm fire injures four in Dorchester 49 Mather St. Dorchester
2/8/13 - 8:45 pm Explosion, fire in West End garage 8 Whittier Pl. West End
2/4/13 - 11:30 pm Five-alarm fire tears through East Boston building 269 Sumner St. East Boston
2/3/13 - 9:43 pm Two-alarm fire races through Oak Square home 4 Langley Rd. Brighton
1/31/13 - 5:45 pm Residential building on fire in South Boston 338 W. 3 St. South Boston
1/24/13 - 2:03 pm Two-alarm fire damages East Boston residence 29 Leyden St. East Boston
1/23/13 - 7:45 am Cable fire on the Green Line, dead trains on the Red Line 330 Boylston St. Back Bay
1/21/13 - 2:08 am Early morning fire forces residents out of Mattapan three decker 16 Estella St. Mattapan
1/21/13 - 12:02 am Dorchester furniture store on fire 50 Freeport St. Dorchester
1/13/13 - 4:30 pm Two people pulled out of Dorchester fire 5 Everett Ave. Dorchester
1/11/13 - 3:15 pm Burning manhole makes a mess of traffic, power in Allston Brighton Ave. and Harvard Ave. Allston
1/7/13 - 12:36 am Arson squad investigating eight-car fire at West Roxbury auto-repair shop 1200 VFW Parkway West Roxbury
1/3/13 - 4:30 am Fire and ice in the South End 34 Union Square South End
12/31/12 - 5:31 pm Two-alarm Fenway fire displaces 30 25 Peterborough St. Fenway
12/31/12 - 11:25 am 18-wheeler on fire in O'Neill Tunnel john f. fitzgerald surface rd and state st Boston
12/29/12 - 10:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through Roxbury house 4 Juniper St. Roxbury
12/28/12 - 10:12 pm East Boston mattress fire being treated as suspicious; one resident resists removal 61 Eutaw St. East Boston
12/26/12 - 5:15 pm Fire on 30th floor of downtown tower quickly knocked down 1 Beacon St. Boston
12/25/12 - 9:40 pm Fire in five-story Fenway building 84 Fenway Fenway
12/8/12 - 8:00 am Fire and rain on the Green line Lake St. and Commonwealth Ave. Brighton
11/29/12 - 10:10 pm Fire rips through East Boston building 358 Meridian St. East 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
11/15/12 - 3:05 pm East Boston building being demolished catches fire 36 New St. East Boston
11/13/12 - 11:10 am Opening of new South Boston market delayed when it catches fire 230 W. Broadway South Boston
11/11/12 - 7:49 am Two cars torched in Allston 15 Long Ave. Allston
11/7/12 - 12:56 pm Woman burned in Charlestown fire 7 Phipps St. Charlestown
10/28/12 - 6:40 am Early morning car fire in Allston 13 Higgins St. Allston
10/27/12 - 10:00 pm Two residents, two firefighters injured in three-alarm fire in Dorchester 4 Theodore St. Dorchester
10/27/12 - 6:17 am Five-alarm fire ravages Allston home; woman jumps from third floor, lands on firefighter 62 Quint Ave. Allston
10/25/12 - 2:38 pm One-alarm fire erupts in Allston basement 1144 Commonwealth Ave. Allston
10/18/12 - 9:27 am Empty hangar at Logan catches fire Logan Airport East Boston
9/27/12 - 9:53 am Fire burns six East Boston residents out of their homes 35 White St. East Boston
9/25/12 - 6:36 pm Basement short circuit sparks 2-alarm fire in East Boston 85 Eutaw St. East Boston
9/19/12 - 7:20 am Pesky generator fire forces evacuation of Allston hotel 400 Soldiers Field Rd. Allston
9/3/12 - 10:00 pm Water damage from sprinklers set off by stove fire displaces Mission Hill family 675 Parker St. Roxbury
8/30/12 - 7:14 pm One-alarm fire in apartment down the street from Back Bay station 333 Columbus Ave. Boston
8/30/12 - 9:46 am Restaurant stove left on over night causes fire that displaces 24 in Chinatown 25 Tyler St. Boston
8/27/12 - 12:15 pm Flaming mattresses not enough to stop Fairmount Line Norfolk Ave. and Marshfield St. Dorchester
8/25/12 - 11:50 pm Car goes up in flames in Allston; BFD says not arson 28 Allston St. Allston
8/16/12 - 11:30 am Five-alarm fire ravages Dorchester three decker 5 Fairmount St. Dorchester
8/9/12 - 7:45 pm Another propane grill sets another building on fire, this time in the South End 20 Wellington St. Boston
8/8/12 - 5:50 pm And here's why the fire department says grills don't belong on decks 32 Fawndale Rd. Roslindale
8/8/12 - 3:20 am Early morning fire on Mission Hill injures two 808 Parker St. Roxbury
8/6/12 - 1:45 pm Large forklift catches fire at South Boston container terminal 940 E. 1 St. South Boston
7/31/12 - 8:54 am One dead at Brighton fire; second victim attacks firefighters with knife 2 Fidelis Way Brighton
7/30/12 - 10:15 am Fire-spitting acetylene tank shuts Westin garage 10 Huntington Ave. Boston
7/23/12 - 3:10 pm Building on South Boston waterfront evacuated when basement fire erupts 27 Drydock Ave. South Boston
7/23/12 - 12:30 pm Child playing with lighter starts two-alarm fire on Hyde Park Avenue 444 Hyde Park Ave. Jamaica Plain
7/18/12 - 3:29 pm Possible lightning strike sets Dorchester attic on fire 101 Milton Ave. Dorchester
7/16/12 - 7:12 am Short circuit sparks fire in Allston duplex 100 Hooker St. Allston
7/15/12 - 3:00 am Early morning fire does major damage to North End restaurant 24 Fleet St. Boston
7/6/12 - 10:53 am Flaming manhole at Northeastern caused by 'penetrating spray' flashover 359 Huntington Ave. Boston
6/25/12 - 3:45 pm Exploding manhole brings down power by the Children's Museum 343 Congress St. South Boston
6/22/12 - 1:40 pm South Boston building on fire 191 K St. South Boston
6/19/12 - 4:11 am One-alarm fire in Dorchester three-decker 74 Corona St. Dorchester
6/18/12 - 5:30 pm Red Line on fire again, and just in time for rush hour
6/14/12 - 10:35 pm Red Line catches on fire again Washington St. and Summer St. Boston
6/14/12 - 1:50 pm Arson investigators probe Dorchester house fire 195 Norfolik St. Dorchester
5/27/12 - 2:52 am Two found dead at South Boston fire 4 Linsky Barry Ct. South Boston
5/24/12 - 4:15 pm Transformer fire at Moakley Courthouse 12 Northern Ave. South Boston
5/24/12 - 9:30 am BFD battles Back Bay blaze 321 Commonwealth Ave. Boston
5/17/12 - 2:11 pm Torch-wielding plumber sparks Fenway fire 125 Jersey St. Boston
5/7/12 - 5:38 pm Fire rips through Dorchester three deckers 21 Dean St. Dorchester
4/29/12 - 5:14 pm Three-alarm fire displaces 23 in East Boston 7 Havre St. East Boston
4/28/12 - 11:20 am Careless smoker blamed for two-alarm fire in Roxbury that displaced 10 81 Moreland St. Roxbury
4/20/12 - 5:30 pm Brush fire in Stony Brook Reservation Enneking Parkway and Smithfield Rd. Hyde Park
4/20/12 - 11:20 am One-alarm fire damages Jamaica Plain house 83 Paul Gore St. Jamaica Plains
4/19/12 - 12:25 am Two-alarm fire in Brighton rousts residents 737 Cambridge St. Brighton
4/18/12 - 2:10 pm Mattapan attic fire goes to two alarms 98 Orlando St. Mattapan
4/18/12 - 3:48 am Early morning fire rips through Allston laundromat 93 Glenville Ave. Allston
4/9/12 - 7:10 pm Government Center T stop evacuated after escalator catches on fire 2 Center Plaza 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
4/4/12 - 9:00 am Red Line track fire fills Downtown Crossing with smoke, shuts service
4/1/12 - 1:50 pm Seven-alarm fire rips through East Boston apartment building 330 Chelsea St. East Boston
3/27/12 - 4:00 pm South End roof catches fire 33 Union Park Boston
3/21/12 - 10:00 pm Four-alarm fire in same Roxbury complex hit by nine-alarm fire in 2010 35 Norfolk Ave. Roxbury
3/17/12 - 6:15 pm Hyde Square triple decker catches on fire 28 Paul Gore St. Jamaica Plain
3/14/12 - 7:30 pm Fire on top floor of East Boston triple decker 518 Sumner St. East Boston
3/13/12 - 6:20 pm Transformer explodes, fire rages, Back Bay goes dark 40 Dalton St. Boston
3/13/12 - 4:37 pm Two-alarm fire ravages landmark bar 1 Haviland St. Boston
3/11/12 - 12:15 pm Yet another fire blamed on a careless smoker 72 Tuttle St. Dorchester
3/11/12 - 11:48 am Another careless smoker blamed for fire, this time in East Boston 114 Bayswater St. East Boston
3/8/12 - 10:50 pm Investigators: Fire near Dudley Square was arson 7 St. James St. Roxbury
2/29/12 - 6:00 pm Two-alarm pier fire at Dorchester Yacht Club 100 Playstead Rd. Dorchester
2/27/12 - 11:30 am Red Sox were on fire this morning 4 Yawkey Way Boston
2/22/12 - 7:15 pm First brush fire of the season 42 Ventura St. Dorchester
2/22/12 - 4:47 am Big fire in tiny restaurant 39 Maverick Sq. East Boston
2/12/12 - 5:49 am Four-alarm fire takes out Brighton store block 165 Chestnut Hill Ave. Brighton
2/4/12 - 9:40 am Firefighter suffers head injury at two-alarm fire in Dorchester 101 Maxwell St. Dorchester
1/31/12 - 4:58 am Early morning two-alarm fire in the South End forces evacuation of 100 450 Tremont St. Boston
1/23/12 - 2:09 am No injuries in two-alarm Fenway fire 66 Westland Ave. Boston
1/22/12 - 7:08 am Two jump from window to escape Allston fire; one critical 84 Linden St. Allston
1/21/12 - 1:00 pm House erupts into flames next to firehouse 27 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
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
1/11/12 (All day) Boston Latin School student arrested on arson charges 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur Roxbury
1/3/12 - 3:04 am One dead, several injured in fire at Columbia Point 40 Westwind Rd. Dorchester
12/22/11 - 1:15 am Two-alarm Allston blaze sends two firefighters to hospital 61 Franklin St. Allston
12/6/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through Marlborough Street building 197 Marlborough St. Boston
12/5/11 - 10:54 am Savin Hill two-alarm fire displaces nine 161 Sydney St. Dorchester
12/4/11 - 8:38 pm Two-alarm fire sends two Roxbury residents to the hospital 34 Clifton St. Roxbury
11/18/11 - 12:46 am Short circuit sparks two-alarm fire across from Broadway T stop 24 W. Broadway South 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
11/4/11 - 11:48 pm One-alarm fire damages house on Columbia Road 333 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
11/4/11 - 5:30 pm The ribs on Morton Street are extra smoky tonight Morton St. and Evans St. Mattapan
10/30/11 - 12:45 am Five-alarm fire traps woman, destroys apartments on Mission Hill 37 Calumet St. Roxbury
10/28/11 - 5:30 pm Flaming pickup delays commuters Commonwealth Ave. and Rte. 2 Boston
10/26/11 - 1:20 pm Fire gives the boot to city pickup in Brigham Circle Brigham Circle Roxbury
10/22/11 - 5:55 pm Track fire under a train at Park Street Tremont St. and Park St. Boston
10/17/11 - 12:45 am Man charged with setting six-alarm fire in Roxbury Waldman St. and Westminster Ave. Roxbury
10/10/11 - 3:03 pm Four-alarm fire damages Dorchester house, sends five firefighters to hospital 8 Boyd St. Dorchester
10/9/11 - 6:00 pm Fire at Kenmore stops Green Line service Beacon St. and Commonwealth Ave. Boston
10/8/11 - 10:30 pm House fire in East Boston 165 Coleridge St. East Boston
9/24/11 - 7:50 am Increasingly brazen arsonist sets four more cars on fire in small part of Allston Pratt St. Allston
9/19/11 - 11:00 pm Three-alarm fire rips through Fort Point building; two firefighters injured Melcher St. South Boston
9/15/11 - 7:00 am Flame broiling damages Dorchester McDonald's, injures worker 515 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
9/13/11 - 1:06 pm Car fire in the hole in Charlestown 197 8 St. Charlestown
9/13/11 - 9:30 am Fire forces evacuation of Charlestown senior-citizen project 100 Ferrin St. Charlestown
9/10/11 - 4:51 am Arson blamed for early morning fire in Dorchester that injured one firefighter 130 Devon St. Dorchester
9/5/11 - 2:42 am Early morning fire empties Fenway apartment building 90 Westland Ave. Fenway
8/30/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm fire rips through East Boston triple decker 5 Shelby St. East Boston
8/30/11 - 2:22 pm Two-alarm Dorchester fire sends one firefighter to the hospital 97 Mt. Ida St. Dorchester
8/27/11 - 5:10 pm Dorchester boat fire visible for miles around 400 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester
8/19/11 - 9:30 am Manhole fire forces evacuation of downtown building, shuts down streets 211 Congress St. 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
8/1/11 - 3:18 am Careless smoker blamed for another fire, this time in Jamaica Plain 49 Mozart St. Jamaica Plain
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
7/11/11 - 9:40 pm Vacant house catches fire in Hyde Park 20 Pond St. Hyde Park
7/8/11 - 10:00 am Four-alarm fire at Beacon Hill market 11 Charles St. Boston
6/16/11 - 6:30 am Woman found dead in fire at Roxbury senior-citizens apartment building 757 Shawmut Ave. Roxbury
6/14/11 - 10:55 am One-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain displaces two, injures two firefighters 18 Catumet St. Jamaica Plain
6/10/11 - 3:20 pm Fire in Back Bay building undergoing repairs due to massive fire last year 483 Beacon St. Boston
6/7/11 - 5:30 pm Three-alarm fire damages Dorchester home 210 Harvard St. Dorchester
5/31/11 - 10:30 am Electrical fire across from City Hall 100 City Hall Plaza Boston
5/31/11 - 2:28 am Two-alarm Dorchester fire displaces three residents, injures two firefighters 47 Codman Hill Ave. Dorchester
5/28/11 - 12:18 pm Smoker causes one-alarm North End fire 16 Parmenter St. Boston
5/6/11 - 5:15 am Three-alarm fire damages two Mattapan three-deckers, displaces 25 15 Woolson St. Mattapan
5/4/11 - 5:15 am Worker on smoke break sparks fire that destroys waterfront law office 95 Commercial Wharf Boston
5/3/11 - 5:45 pm Roof fire shuts down Huntington Avenue near medical area 621 Huntington Ave. Roxbury
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
4/24/11 - 12:16 pm Three-alarm fire in Tremont Street apartment building 151 Tremont St. Boston
4/14/11 - 11:23 pm Fire goes to two alarms in JP triple-decker 17 Glade Ave. Jamaica Plain
4/13/11 - 5:20 am Two-alarm fire at East Boston machine shop 11 Walley St. East Boston
4/11/11 - 6:45 pm Blue Line on fire at Bowdoin Cambridge St. and New Chardon St. Boston
3/29/11 - 9:08 pm Two-alarm fire heavily damages East Boston home 211 Havre St. East Boston
3/28/11 - 6:24 pm Unattended candle sparks South End fire that sends five to the hospital 7 Yarmouth St. Boston
3/28/11 - 3:00 pm And cue fire on the Orange Line 1 Boylston St. Chinatown
3/23/11 - 9:30 am Firefighters make quick work of downtown fire 62 Boylston St. Boston
3/19/11 - 5:53 pm Three-alarm fire races through East Boston house 136 Chelsea St. East Boston
3/18/11 - 11:40 am Gilmore Bridge on fire Gilmore Bridge and Austin St. Charlestown
3/13/11 - 3:55 am Two-alarm fire on Mission Hill caused by cigarette 149 Hillside St. Roxbury
3/5/11 - 12:36 am Three-alarm fire ravages Dorchester home 3 Robinson St. Dorchester
3/4/11 - 2:45 pm House on fire in West Roxbury 45 DeSoto Rd. West Roxbury
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
3/3/11 - 3:20 pm Oak Square apartment building hit by fire 501 Washington St. Brighotn
2/28/11 - 7:00 pm Two-alarm trash fire forces evacuation of South End building 474 Tremont St. Boston
2/23/11 - 1:45 am Two-alarm fire in Readville sends one to hospital 1825 River St. Readville
2/22/11 - 2:30 pm Fire erupts on Gloucester Street at Newbury 33 Gloucester St. Boston
2/22/11 - 4:10 am Early morning fire at North End restaurant 48 Salem St. Boston
2/11/11 - 9:00 pm Roxbury house on fire 26 Juniper St. Roxbury
2/11/11 - 12:30 pm Vent fire erupts at Chinese restaurant in Dorchester 520 Gallivan Blvd. Dorchester
2/7/11 - 12:41 am Three charged with setting Charlestown apartment on fire over drug debt 74 Medford St. Charlestown
2/6/11 - 5:45 pm Manhole fire forces evacuation of several homes in West Roxbury Gertrude St. West Roxbury
1/21/11 - 4:43 am Early morning fire rousts 18 in Roxbury 185 Walnut Ave. Roxbury
1/18/11 - 1:00 pm Orange Line on fire again Washington St. and Winter St. Boston
1/14/11 - 8:30 am Track fire at Downtown Crossing disrupts Red Line service Washington St. and Summer St. Boston
1/14/11 - 1:00 am Two-alarm fire displaces seven in East Boston 645 Saratoga St. East Boston
1/13/11 - 9:00 pm Underground wire fire forces overnight evacuation of homes in South Boston 305 Bolton St. South Boston
1/8/11 - 10:41 am Construction workers spark two-alarm fire atop Mass. General building 165 Cambridge St. Boston
1/6/11 - 9:30 pm Three-alarm fire destroys two-family house in Hyde Park 61 Neponset Ave. Hyde Park
1/4/11 - 4:30 pm Three-alarm fire rips through Dorchester two-family 5 Page St. Dorchester
12/14/10 - 10:08 am Kids safely evacuated when fire erupts in Dorchester daycare 18 Boyden St. Dorchester
11/11/10 - 11:30 pm Dorchester house suspiciously catches fire for second time in two days 49 Maxwell St. Dorchester
10/18/10 - 12:45 pm Three-alarm fire rips through Dorchester store 96 Boston St. Boston
8/21/10 (All day) Nine-alarm fire ravages Roxbury warehouse complex 31 Norfolk Ave. Roxbury
8/9/10 (All day) Early-morning fire sends Roslindale resident to hospital 11 Firth Rd. Roslidnale
7/14/10 - 5:00 am Two-alarm fire on Beacon Hill sends two to hospital with critical injuries 51 Phillips St. Boston
7/3/10 - 8:00 am Roslindale home damaged by fire 105 Walworth St. Roslindale
6/29/10 - 3:00 pm Trailer fire at Boston's only trailer park 1515 VFW Parkway West Roxbury
5/27/10 - 7:00 pm Olives on fire in Charlestown 10 City Square Charlestown
5/5/10 - 9:40 am Another day, another electrical fire on the T 1 State St. Boston
4/29/10 - 9:50 pm Fire at Downtown Crossing shuts Red, Orange, Green lines 426 Washington St. Boston
4/7/10 - 12:40 pm Big fire at Beacon Towers 483 Beacon St. Boston
4/5/10 - 6:00 pm Fire in the Fens
Firefighters douse flaming boat, mailbox on the waterfront
Careless smoker sparkes three-alarm fire in Dorchester that sends boy, firefighters to hospital 28 Harvard Ave. Dorchester
A total loss
Brush fire shuts Red Line near Savin Hill
$1-million lesson: Don't use flowerpots as ashtrays
Fire officials: Careless smoker caused five-alarm Allston fire that made woman jump from third-floor window
Manhole bursts into flames; parts of Roslindale, Hyde Park go dark
Never leave a towel next to a coffeepot 271 Dartmouth St. Boston
Careless smoker blamed for fire that did $1.2 million in damage to Dorchester three deckers
Fire races through North End building 26 Cooper St. Boston
When downtown burned
How to NOT beat the heat 18 Comonwealth Avenue Boston
Four-alarm fire in Brookline apartment building
Lint buildup blamed for five-alarm fire that displaced dozens on Mission Hill
Three-alarm fire races through Cambridge triple decker
Mass. Ave. bridge shut after woman jumps into river, dies
Somebody's setting fires at Boston Latin School 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur Roxbury
TC's Lounge fire caused by faulty beer cooler; no connection to nearby transformer fire
Woman charged with setting East Boston fire that displaced three, sent three firefighters to hospital
Man who jumped out of burning Allston building begins rehab for brain injury
Smoker to blame for three-alarm Fort Point fire
Fens on fire Park Drive Boston
Flame broiled outside the Burger King
Reported Fire at the Boston Latin Academy
Press Pass Tv: Jean Grae
Brush fire in February? Unreal, firefighters say