Boston Fire Department

Boston firefighters responded to a large blaze in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood that spread to several nearby triple-deckers on a hot Labor Day. The Boston Fire Department was on scene at 37 Holiday Street for hours, where the rear porches collapsed and fast-moving flames extended to four other buildings, prompting a call for more mutual aid. One firefighter suffered a…

Images showed smoke billowing from a fire at a salvage yard in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood on Saturday. Firefighters poured water onto the flames from the tops of ladders at the James G. Grant recycling center on Wolcott Street. For the water to be sprayed onto the blaze, it took thousands of feet of fire hose, firefighters said. It...

The Boston Fire Department said heavy fire was found on the rear porches of 571 Cummins Highway, which have since collapsed; 25 people have been displaced by the blaze.

A woman was rescued from a house fire in Dorchester Thursday, Boston firefighters said. Heavy fire broke out at a home on Thetford Avenue about 3 p.m., according to the department. The woman was taken to the hospital. Fire officials later said no injuries were reported. Several people were home at the time. Everyone managed to escape except an elderly…

Ten people — as well as several pets — were displaced after a fire early Tuesday morning in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. The Boston Fire Department got called to the fire on Capen Street — close to the Mattapan Line, on the neighborhood’s southern side — just after 3 a.m., the department said. The exterior fire went up the back of…

The roof of a building in Boston’s North End partially collapsed on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of two

A fire broke out Saturday afternoon at a triple decker in South Boston, officials said, injuring one firefighter and leaving four people without a place to live.

A major water main break flooded several streets in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood Saturday morning, sending water cascading down stairs and bringing out first responders to evacuate residents. Boston Water and Sewer have shut off water from the break in the 36-inch main, which took place about 3 a.m. near the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center. The water rushed...

An apartment building in Boston’s Back Bay was evacuated Monday afternoon over a water main break, officials said. Firefighters were seen at a building on Beacon Street at Massachusetts Avenue, a block from the Massachusetts Avenue bridge. Boston police confirmed the water main break, which was reported about 3:07 p.m. No other details were immediately available. People were evacuated...

A fire burned at a triple-decker home Friday morning in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, resulting in significant damage to the building and 16 people being displaced, according to the city’s fire department. The fire broke out at a home on Lucerne Street around 4 a.m., and was quickly extinguished by firefighters, according to the Boston Fire Department. Nobody was hurt,...

A family is without a place to live Monday night after a fire tore through a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

No injuries were reported.

Two adults and a child were rescued after a fire broke out early Friday morning at a home in Dorchester, according to the Boston Fire Department. Boston fire responded to a two and a half story home on Brookview Street, where heavy flames from the front porch extended up the building. Crews have been able to knock down the fire….

A box truck rolled over early Friday morning on Storrow Drive in Boston, stopping traffic on the highway for hours. The truck crashed near the BU Bridge around 2:30 a.m., closing eastbound traffic on Storrow Drive. It didn’t reopen until nearly 11 a.m. Traffic heading toward downtown was still closed as of 7 a.m. as crews worked to clean...

The childhood home of Mark Wahlberg and his family was heavily damaged after a fire broke out Sunday morning and spread to three nearby triple-deckers in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

The Boston Fire Department said 15 people were displaced, and two firefighters and one other person suffered minor injuries.

The blaze caused about $2 million in damages across the four buildings, firefighters said, and fifteen people were displaced.

Firefighters in Boston are responding Wednesday morning to a house fire in Roslindale. The house fire broke out at a home on Beech Street. The people in the home were able to exit safely. A firefighter was taken to the hospital by Boston EMS for a non-life threatening injury. Additional information has not yet been made available.

A van crashed into a gasoline tanker truck early Monday morning in Boston, causing gallons of gas to spill out onto the street, fire officials said. The van hit the truck around 3:30 a.m. Monday on the 1100 block of Hyde Park Avenue, according to a tweet from the Boston Fire Department. The crash caused 50-60 gallons of gas to…

The man suffered non-life threatening injuries in the porch collapse, the Boston Fire Department said.