fire

The last time Michael Sameski saved a child

adamg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:38:00 -0500

Sameski is being lauded for racing into a burning house in Dorchester this afternoon and saving the life of an unconscious 14-year old.

Two years ago, Sameski climbed up into a burning building on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan and saved a little girl.

Via GC.

Unconscious girl pulled from burning house in Dorchester

adamg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:50:25 -0500

The Globe reports on a fire this afternoon at 83 Evans St. Her twin brother and their babysitter got out of the two-alarm fire OK. The fire was reported around 4:45 p.m. and quickly went to two alarms, Local 718 tweets.

Will Roche Bros. be having a sale on smoked meats?

adamg — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:56:47 -0500

Around 8:45 p.m., Local 718 tweeted BFD was racing over to Roche Bros. in West Roxbury for "a smoke condition in the rear of the store." There weren't any further tweets, so it probably wasn't anything major, so Westie residents can rest easy, right?

Two-alarm fire in Mattapan

adamg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:28:36 -0500

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in a single-family house on 83 Blake Street went to two alarms this evening and caused an estimated $400,000 in damage.

The homeowner had a fire going in the fireplace; the department says the fire escaped the chimney and set the home's walls ablaze.

How jaded we are: Bystander asked if Boylston Street was closed for moviemaking

adamg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:38:44 -0500

Boylston Street was shut at lunchtime because of a rooftop fire at 553 Boylston St.

Andrew, who was at the scene, tweets:

One bystander thought Boylston's closing had to do with a movie shoot. Nope!

Charlestown house burns

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:55 -0500

Local 718 reports a fire broke out at 33 Brighton St. shortly after 10 p.m. Everybody got out OK.

Water fire in the Harbor

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:29:25 -0500

Local 718 reports a barge fire in Boston Harbor out past Castle Island. Both Massport and Boston firefighters responded to the fire, which crews on one of the two tugs pushing the barge were able to extinguish.

Fire in Roxbury

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:41 -0500

Fire reported around 4 p.m. in the second floor of a two-story house at 58 Forest St..

A worrying Boston Twitter page

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:50 -0400

Bostonworry is a Twitter feed that smushes together tweets from the Boston police and fire departments, local firefighters and MBTA police. Just the thing if you're the sort of person who momentarily freezes when you hear sirens to see if you can figure out where they're coming from and go check it out. For the full effect, turn your speakers up high and read it while you listen to live Boston Fire and EMS dispatches.

Ed. raises-hand note: OK, I just described myself there. If I'm missing any feeds that should be in that list, let me know.

Another fire on the Red Line

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:52:41 -0400

Boston Fire tweets there was a small track fire on the Red Line outbound at Downtown Crossing shortly after midnight. No injuries.

Back in September:
Meltdown on the Red and Orange lines.