Spoilermatt avoids getting covered in asbestos as he videos the ruptured New Chardon Street steam pipe:

The Globe reports:

A three-story apartment building on New Chardon Street was evacuated today after a steam line ruptured beneath the road outside and possibly released asbestos into the air, the Boston Fire Department said. ...

Prediction: Tom Menino will say "enough is enough" and demand that Trigen actually do something about its exploding steam pipes.

Way back on Sept. 12:
Steam pipe explodes in Financial District.

Oh, joy: The pipe, covered with asbestos, showered brown sludge on four people, who had to wait for a hazmat team to arrive and decontaminate them before they could be taken to the hospital.

The Herald has more on the 11:45 a.m. explosion.

The Globe reports a number of downtown streets were shut.

Blue Rose: I came out just after it had happened and they were starting to put up yellow tape:

... Now there are a million fire trucks and even more rumors circulating. ...

Way back in July:
NYC Explosion Prompts Concern About Boston Pipes.

As the Herald reports, Tom Menino is ready to blow his top over recent steam explosions out of pipes owned by Trigen-Boston.

Observations from the Underbelly writes that even when not emulating Vesuvius, the steam just smells bad:

... I happen to work near an especially active stinky steam outlet on Stuart Street. So active, in fact, that a makeshift chimney shoddily constructed of steel barrels has been set in place in the middle of the street. Now, in the winter, I would just stand there smoking my Marb's and complain silently to myself about the ungodly stench, but now that it's warm, i have to wonder, do we really need to be subjected to this? ...