The Boston Fire Department ordered power shut on the Orange Line between State Street and Downtown Crossing shortly after 10 p.m. when smoke appeared in the State Street station. Power was restored not long after when firefighters discovered the smoke was coming from one particular train, not another track fire, according to Boston Fireman and Local 718.

The Orange Line remains above water and so is still stopping at State Street, where the main burst, according to reports from Channel 4 and the MBTA Transit Police Intelligence Unit.

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Boston Police tweet there was a fire at 120 State St. Knocked down by 4 p.m., but the area is still a mess.

Saul Blumenthal finds the color in the otherwise dreary State Street station.

Copyright Saul Blumenthal. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Boston Police tweet State Street is shut as emergency crews try to help window washers on a dangling platform at 53 State St.

UPDATE: The Fire Department rescued the workers and is now trying to secure the platform as it awaits an engineering crew from Connecticut.

Photo from inside the building and photos from outside the building (see this one in particular).

A man facing up to six months in a county jail for lewd and lascivious behavior could now face up to ten years in a state prison for witness intimidation after he allegedly threatened a witness in court yesterday.

The Globe interviews the person who held that poor woman's hand as she died at State Street station.

The Globe reports the elderly woman fell around 10 a.m., part of her clothing got caught in the escalator and she wound up dying. However, officials are investigating whether she had a heart attack before her fall.

Around 3 pm today.

They become construction engineers for projects in downtown Boston. Faegirl photographed the marked-up chaos on State Street by the Old State House the other day.