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Brush fires

By adamg - 11/11/24 - 8:25 pm
Fire in Lynn Woods

Romeo Trauma set his drone flying over the Lynn Woods shortly before sundown this evening. In the left photo, you can see some burning continuing. On the right, you can see some of the damage done by the fire in recent days.

By adamg - 11/9/24 - 3:36 pm
Smoke over the water as seen from Point Norfolk

Roving UHub photographer butternugz spotted the smoke from Point Norfolk in Dorchester this afternoon.

NBC Boston reports more than 100 acres of woods burned overnight in Lynn.

The National Weather Service has a red-flag warning up for the entire state, until 6 p.m. on Sunday. There's a chance of rain after that and through Monday.

By adamg - 10/28/24 - 3:02 pm
Clearer skies, but with smoke still rising north of Boston

As promised in the morning by the National Weather Service, the smelly haze that settled in over the Boston area from brush fires along the North Shore lifted early this afternoon. But when Josh Bittker looked out of his Seaport window this afternoon, he could still see smoke rising from north of the city.

By adamg - 9/15/24 - 5:38 pm
Firefighters fight brush fire in Stony Brook Reservation

Firefighters fight brush fire in Stony Brook Reservation. Photo by BFD.

Boston firefighters have been busy battling brush fires this weekend, first in Stony Brook Reservation yesterday and then in Franklin Park today - after more than three weeks without any rain. Read more.

By adamg - 4/14/23 - 5:04 pm
Brush fire around 4:45

Brush fire as seen from the turnpike around 4:45. Photo by Carol Beggy.

WCVB reports firefighters are battling a brush fire near the Worcester Line tracks where Southborough, Westborough and Hopkinton meet, which led to delays of an hour or more on the line.

Yesterday, a smaller brush fire near the Northeast Corridor tracks at Cummins Highway in Roslindale halted service for both Amtrak and the Providence and Franklin lines.

By adamg - 4/13/23 - 6:18 pm
Smoke rising above Cummins Highway and Hyde Park Avenue

Smoke rising from near tracks at Hyde Park Avenue and Cummins. Photo by Richard Ovesen.

Ed Baur reports a brush fire off Rowe Street and Cummins Highway set a couple of sheds on fire. Read more.

By adamg - 4/20/21 - 1:26 pm

KTC shows us the brush fire on the side of the turnpike outbound this afternoon:

By adamg - 4/20/18 - 11:49 pm
Hyde Park brush fire

The Boston Fire Department reports a brush fire in the woods off Ruskin Road and Farrar Avenue brought firefighters and lots of hose shortly before 4 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 9/4/16 - 9:33 pm

Boston firefighters are back in the woods between Roxbury Latin School and the bird streets in West Roxbury, where the brush has burst into flames again.

A BFD spokesman says officials have "no idea" why the brush keeps catching on fire when other parts of the city that usually see brush fires - including the nearby Stony Brook Reservation - have so far remained fire free over the past couple of weeks.

By adamg - 4/18/13 - 11:35 am

Around 11:30 a.m., Sean Olson reports. The T reports it's the Ashmont line that's affected.

UPDATE: Firefighters off the tracks around 11:50 a.m.

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