Fires - Boston Fire Historical Society

(Since 1860)
The fires listed on this page represent a large quantity of major fires that have occurred since the organization of the Fire Department in its present structure (1859), and which have had a significant impact on the City of Boston. The fires listed here mostly involve multiple-alarm fires, or other major emergencies, as these are usually more spectacular, destroy the most property, attract more media attention, and have a significant impact on the citizens sense of well-being and safety. The fires listed here is a small fraction of the many fires that have occurred over the years since 1860.

Date	Time	Box	Ala- rms	Location	Information	More
2-18-1860	2020	D1-S1	4	42 Merchants Row, Downtown	Manning & Glover Co., commercial building	Story
7-4-1861	1318	D4-S3	5	131 Albany Street, Downtown	Firecrackers caused loss of 20 buildings	Paper
7-4-1861	1417	D7	5	Nickerson’s Wharf, East Boston	Firecrackers destroyed several wharves and many buildings	Paper
2-24-1862	2147	D1-S4	4	North and Commercial Streets, North End	Many buildings lost in the Matthews Block fire at Clark, North, & Fleet Sts.	Paper
4-6-1864	2350	D4-S3	3	Tremont & Boylston Sts., Downtown	Total loss of the Freemason’s Building and Winthrop House.	Paper
10-5-1867	0418	56	4	383 Federal Street, Downtown	Fire gutted Jonas Fitch’s planing mill building.	Paper
7-25-1870	1521	157	5+	Border Street, near Decatur St., East Boston	Fire in a planing mill spread to many properties.	Paper
7-27-1870	0850	231	4	Harrison Ave & Hunneman Street.	Fire in Webber’s Ropewalk on Hunneman St. spread to 10 other buildings.	Paper
11-9-1872	1924	52	5+	83-85 Summer St. @ Kingston St., Downtown.	‘Great Boston Fire’ originated in a 6-story granite building with mansard roof, destroyed 776 buildings over 65 acres, $ millions lost. 30 deaths, including 12 firemen.	Story
2-27-1873	1000	17	3	154 Hanover St., at Blackstone St., Downtown.	Wall collapsed from the 2nd – 6th flrs., with the LODD death of 3 firemen.	Paper
5-30-1873	0826	53	4	Washington St., near Boylston, Downtown.	‘Memorial Day Fire’ destroyed the Globe Theatre & 105 buildings.	Paper
7-31-1873	1529	151	3	Wharf at the foot of Lewis Street, East Boston.	Warehouse owned by the National Dock & Warehouse Co. was destroyed.	Paper
12-14-1874	2255	68	6	Plympton, Wareham and Albany Sts., So. End.	South End fire affected 29 woodworking firms in 9 buildings.	Paper
5-26-1875	1830	53	2	525 Washington St. at LaGrange St., Downtown.	Explosion caused a 5-story brick building to be leveled, many deaths.	Photo Paper
1-31-1878	1931	424	4	121 Medford St., Charlestown.	Large furniture factory destroyed during a northeast gale.	Paper
8-14-1879	2255	36	.	80-86 Tremont Street, Downtown	‘Tremont Temple Fire’ gutted the third temple (church) built on the site.	Paper
12-28-1879	2258	45	Gen	91-93 Federal St., Downtown	‘Rice-Kendall Fire’ destroyed many buildings.	Paper
6-17-1882	0514	236	3	60 Hampshire Street, Roxbury	Cotton Waste Factory Fire in Roxbury, with collapse injuring firemen.	Paper
8-13-1884	0052	54	3	108-112 Beach St., Downtown	The wooden ex-Beach Street Theatre, burned to the roof, killing 2 firemen.	Paper
1-12-1886	1100	15	3	61-81 Clinton St., Downtown	Temps. -15 degrees caused ruins to smolder in a large quantity of flour.	Paper
6-21-1886	1420	248	3	Huntington Ave., Back Bay	Fire in the New England Fair Bldg. of Metropolitan RR, 6 civilians died.	Paper
1-3-1889	1220	.	3	Highland & Marcella Sts., Roxbury	City stables in Roxbury, containing 60/80 tons of hay, destroyed by fire.	Paper
4-9-1889	1722	6	3	Lowell & Minot Sts., West End	Boston & Maine Railroad large freight warehouse.	Paper
11-28-1889	0813	52	Gen	69-87 Bedford St., Downtown	‘Thanksgiving Day Fire’ 4 firefighters died in a collapse, $3.9M damage.	Paper Story Photo
1-22-1890	2345	69	3	65-101 Bristol Street, South End	Fire destroyed a large woodworking mill building.	Paper
12-24-1890	1933 2032	69 68	3 3	Albany & Bristol Sts., South End Wareham St. near Albany St., South End	Fire destroyed a large block-long planing mill building. Fire destroyed the New England Piano & Organ Co. building.	Paper
11-1-1891	2034	68	4	615-621 Albany Street, South End.	The 5-story brick ‘Cummings Building’ destroyed by fire.	Paper
1-10-1893	0822	48	3	207-219 Federal Street, Downtown	‘Hecht Building Fire’ hindered by overhead wires.	Paper
3-10-1893	1624	52	4+	63 Lincoln Street, Downtown	‘Lincoln Street Fire’ $2.9 million damage, 6 deaths, set by 17 y/o boy.	Paper
3-19-1893	0715	35	3+	Tremont St., near School St., Downtown	‘Tremont Temple’ Fire gutted the entire interior of the structure.	Paper
1-2-1894	0100	—	Gen	362 Washington Street, Downtown	Globe Theatre Fire (second time Globe Theatre destroyed by fire.)	Photo 1 Photo 2 Paper
5-15-1894	1622	215	Gen	Walpole Street Ballgrounds, Roxbury	‘Roxbury Conflagration’ destroyed/damaged 206 buildings.	Paper
9-7-1895	1030	53	3	Tremont & Boylston Sts., Downtown	Masonic Building was damaged, valuable contents were destroyed.	Paper
2-3-1896	0650	915	3	Winter, Church & Parish Sts., Dorchester	The First Parish Church, atop Meeting House Hill, is destroyed.	Paper Link
2-17-1896	1000	56	4	290 South St., Downtown	Old Colony Railroad terminal, baggage rooms and offices destroyed.	Paper
3-12-1896	1536	96	5	221 Columbus Ave., Back Bay	‘Pope Bicycle Co.’ fire destroyed 5-story commercial building.	Paper
4-2-1897	2132	632	4	98-111 Border St., East Boston	Fire in a long 4-story brick bldg. S.T. Manson woodworking mills.	Paper
2-5-1898	0359	412	3	Bent Bedding Co., 116 Merrimac St., Downtown	‘Merrimac Street Fire’ and collapse kills 6 firefighters.	Story
4-17-1898	0330	421	4	Water St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed the grain elevator at the Hoosac Tunnel Docks.	Paper
7-2-1898	2113	148	3	308 Congress St., South Boston	Fire destroyed the Atlas Stores wool warehouse.	Paper
6-15-1899	1645	638	3	256 Border St., East Boston	Fire gutted 4 small wood buildings, damaged 9 other tenement buildings.	Paper
6-25-1899	2143	51	4	148-152 Purchase St. 146-154 Pearl St., Downntown	Fire destroyed a 6-story brick building housing bookbinding businesses.	Paper
8-11-1899	0052	523	3	710 Centre St., Jamaica Plain	The tenement house, bakeshop, stable at the J.W. Goodnow Block.	Paper
12-10-1899	0819	116	4	350-388 Albany St., South End	The Leatherbee and Blacker & Shepard lumber yards were destroyed.	Paper
3-11-1900	0420	15	3	209 North St., North End	Wall collapses at a North End tenement fire, kills 1 fireman, injures 3 more.	Paper
3-26-1900	2138	51	3	234 Congress St., Downtown	Fire damaged 6-story Suffolk Bldg. housing printing/engraving companies.	Paper
5-31-1900	1835	53	4	601 Washington St., Downtown	The large, 5-story department store of the Pitts-Kimball Co. destroyed.	Paper
7-6-1900	2103	231	5	1023 Harrison Ave., Roxbury	Lumber yard fire threatened wood tenement buildings in the area.	Paper Map
12-5-1900	0500	412	5	174-188 Portland/81-89 Causeway St., D’town.	During a gale, fire gutted Heywood Bros.&Wakefield rattan furniture bldg.	Paper
3-15-1901	2122	36	3	248 Washington St./69 Devonshire St., D’town	Fire heavily damaged the Boston Advertiser & Record newspaper building.	Paper
4-9-1901	1955	41	3	181 Devonshire St., 42 Arch St., Downtown	Fire destroyed the top two floors of 5-story brick commercial bldg.	Paper
4-14-1901	0255	511	4	Green & Amory Sts., Jamaica Plain	Fire destroyed the 4-story brick B.F. Sturtevant blower works.	Paper
7-1-1901	0845	443	4	Pier 5, off Medford St., Charlestown	Fire burned half the 500ft-long Hoosac Tunnel Docks, grain elevator saved.	Paper
11-12-1901	0130	37	4	Broad, Franklin & Batterymarch Sts., D’town	Fire destroyed a large 7-story commercial building filled with flamables.	Paper
1-18-1902	1850	45	4	5-7 Federal Court, Downtown	Fire in a 4-story commercial building with a daring escape by occupants.	Paper
1-29-1902	0110	10	1	12 Fleet Street, North End	Fire in a 4-story brick tenement building caused 9 deaths.	Paper
7-12-1902	1300	224	3	St. James & Washington Sts., Roxbury	Fire destroyed St. James Episcopal Church in Roxbury.	Paper
12-14-1902	2108	48	4	210-216 Summer Street, Downtown	Stubborn fire in the 4-story ‘Estes Block’, firemen narrowly escaping.	Paper
1-9-1903	1100	54	3	15 Federal Street, Downtown	Fire at the Equitable Annex building, many saved by elevator operators.	Paper
1-27-1903	2114	46	5	215 Franklin Street, Downtown	Fire at the Bigelow, Douse & Co. building.	Paper
6-9-1903	0653	113	3	West First & B Streets, South Boston	Third fire in 8 months destroyed the Brooklyn Cooperage factory.	Paper
7-11-1903	1835	116	3	470 – 484 Albany St., South End.	Fire destroyed many buildings in the lumber district.	Paper
9-22-1903	1350	16	2	13 Union St., Downtown	Store fire caused heavy ammonia & chemical fumes, injured many firemen.	Paper
7-5-1904	1713	429	4	Terminal St., Charlestown	B&M RR Grain Elevator and Mystic Docks destroyed by lightning/fire.	Paper
7-30-1904	1200	85	4	Berkeley & Chandler Sts., South End	Fire destroyed the New Haven Railroad 8-story abandoned Grain Elevator.	Paper
9-24-1904	1230	127	3	E Street & Baxter St., South Boston	Fire destroyed the St. Augustine’s Parochial School building.	Paper
2-21-1905	0123	443	5	Hoosac Piers 3 and 4, Charlestown	Large fire on the Hoosac Piers 3 and 4, Charlestown.	Paper
5-30-1905	0950	31	3	Brimmer, Chestnut & Byron Sts., Beacon Hill.	Beacon Garage fire burnt over 40 cars including Chief Cheswell’s own car.	Paper
12-10-1905	0015	9	5	Commercial St., opp. Charter St., North End.	Consolidated Gas Co. coal sheds threatened gasometers and several vessels.	Paper
1-9-1906	0910	162	4	Wormwood Street, South Boston	Fire heavily damaged a 6-story cotton and wool warehouse.	Paper
2-17-1906	0330	17	3	90 North St., Downtown	Fire in a 6-story brick caused an explosion injuring many firefighters.	Paper
12-19-1906	0735	42	4	108-120 Tremont, 36-56 Bromfield St., D’town	Fire heavily damaged the ‘Studio Bldg’, in the former Tremont Theatre.	Photos Paper
2-6-1907	2100	4116	5	Front & Jenner Sts., City Square, Charlestown.	Many rescues made, many injured at six-story Waverly Hotel Fire.	Paper
4-7-1907	2016	50	3	131-133 Kingston St., Downtown.	Boiler room fire in a 6-story building extended to the roof.	Paper
4-14-1907	2300	315	2	500-506 Dudley Street, Roxbury	16 Firemen injured in a gas explosion at 3-story Salvation Army building.	Paper
7-10-1907	1300	11	2	134 Friend Street, Downtown	A stubborn fire gutted the 6-story A.W. Hastings building at 134 Friend St.	Paper
7-13-1907	1337	148	4	Congress and A Streets, South Boston	Fire in a commercial building at 347-351 Congress St.	Paper
8-13-1907	1400	977	3	River Street & Central Avenue, Dorchester	Fire destroyed the 3-story former Hollingsworth Paper Co. paper mill.	Paper
12-10-1907	1905	57	4	95-101 Albany Street, Downtown	Fire in the York Bldg., a 5-story business block caused great destruction.	Paper
1-6-1908	2325	634	4	178-180 Border Street, East Boston	Fire at the Suffolk Coal Company destroyed the entire plant.	Paper
7-8-1908	1611	619	5	Pier at Marginal and Clyde Sts., East Boston	Cunard Company wharf fire caused $1.3 million damage.	Photo Paper
9-6-1908	0130	91	4	171 Huntington Ave., Back Bay	Over 120 automobiles destroyed at Taylor-Palmer Garage.	Paper
10-27-1908	1540	38	3	66-68 Long Wharf, Downtown	Fire destroyed a Custom House Block warehouse building on waterfront.	Paper
12-15-1908	0255	527	3	South Street, near Centre St., Jamaica Plain	Fire damaged 3-story brick, Curtis Hall, ex-West Roxbury Town Hall.	Paper
1-17-1909	0546	96	4	Park Square, Back Bay	Fire at Providence Depot of New Haven Railroad.	Paper
6-27-1909	1626	592	2	51-61 Hyde Park Ave., Forest Hills (Roslindale)	Fire heavily damaged the Forest Hills Hotel, driving out 400 guests.	Paper
1-13-1910	0510	89	4	452-462 Boylston St., Back Bay	Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building destroyed by fire.	Photos Paper
2-9-1910	0200	812	4	Stockyards off Malvern St., Allston.	Brighton Abattoir destroyed, hundreds of cattle lost, many stampeded.	Paper
3-5-1910	1910	48	5	200 Summer Street, Downtown.	Spectacular fire heavily damaged the 5-story New England Building.	Paper
3-12-1910	1350	711	4	139 Albany St., South End	The General Repair Shops of the Boston Elevated Co. were destroyed.	Paper
4-14-1910	1051	13	4	134 Richmond Street, North End.	Fire heavily damaged the 6-story John Holman Mattress Co. building.	Photo
8-9-1910	1817	58	6	406-408 Albany St., near Dover St., South End	‘Blacker & Shepard Fire’ lost 20 buildings, nearly lost Fire Headquarters.	Photos Paper
8-18-1910	0255	44	4	175-189 Congress St., Downtown	5-story building lost despite using saltwater high pressure hydrant system.	Paper
8-26-1910	1900	832	3	16 Snow Street, Brighton	Large livery stable and contents were destroyed. 50 horses were saved.	Paper
2-12-1911	0320	47	4	221 High St., corner of Purchase St., Downtown.	Fire in a 6-story manufactory building caused heavy damage.	Paper
4-25-1911	2122	11	3	Hanover & Friend Sts, Haymarket Sq, D’town	Fire in a 5-story brick building with a very dense smoke condition.	Paper
9-13-1911	1525	116	4	2-30 Dorchester Av., nr. Broadway, So. Boston	Fire at the Warren & Batchelder coal plants destroyed 50,000 tons of coal.	Photo Paper
12-24-1911	0745	118	4	660 Summer Street, South Boston	Boston Molasses Company fire.	Paper Photo
3-11-1912	2050	71	3	Clarendon & Montgomery Sts., South End.	Fire destroyed the brick Clarendon Street Baptist Church.	Paper
6-22-1912	1535	842	4	North Beacon & Market Sts., Brighton	Fire destroyed many buildings at the Brighton Stock Yards.	Paper
2-20-1913	1850	703	5	239 Causeway St., North End	Braman, Dow & Co. fire, Causeway Street, North End.	Paper
2-27-1913	0002	421	3+	Railroad sheds near City Square, Charlestown.	B&M R.R. Transfer Sheds 10 & 11, many freight cars, stored merchandise.	Paper
2-27-1913	0115	484	2	11, 13, 15, 17 Austin St., Charlestown	Undertaking establishment, paint shop, stable, tenement buildings lost.	Paper
2-27-1913	0450	455	1	10 Dorrance St., Charlestown	Fire in a 3-story wood factory and warehouse building.	Paper
3-9-1913	0300	.	4	40, 42, 44 Summer Street, Downtown.	Fire damaged a 5-story stone/brick building wholesale clothing distributors.	Paper
5-6-1913	1142	148	3	322-328 Congress St., South Boston	Contents of 6-story wool storage warehouse destroyed.	Photos Paper
5-6-1913	1735	451	3	83-103 Medford St., Charlestown	Dryhouse #5, Palmer & Parker’s Lumber Co., burned expensive mahogany.	Paper
5-6-1913	1930	468	3	B&M RR yards, Rutherford Ave., Charlestown.	Hayshed #36 and railroads cars lost, along with Hood Milk Co. buildings.	Paper
5-10-1913	1353	433	3	Mystic Wharf, Charlestown	Large fire at the Export Lumber Company on Mystic Wharf.	Paper
7-4-1913	1737	925	3	Leroy Street, Dorchester	4th of July firecrackers started a fire, destroying 31 buildings.	Paper
7-18-1913	1352	47	2	Steamship ‘City of Bangor’ at Foster’s Wharf	Fire caused $75,000 damage to often-troubled steamship.	Paper
12-3-1913	0204	771	3	1202 Washington St., South End	Arcadia Hotel fire, 28 tenants died in a rooming house fire.	Photos Paper Link to Story
1-4-1914	1135	41	3	161 Devonshire St., Downtown	Fire in a downtown 11-story early ‘skyscraper’ with a dramatic rescue.	Paper
1-14-1914	0001	218	4	2175 Washington St., Roxbury	Bacon Co. fire destroyed the 3 story brick building, 1 firefighter dies.	Photo Paper
2-10-1914	0053	80	4	65 Clarendon St., South End.	Fire destroyed the Second Universalist Church stone/brick building.	Photo
4-14-1914	0157	820	4	1315 Commonwealth Av., Brighton	Fire in an apartment building kills 8 occupants.	Paper
6-18-1914	0024	645	5	400 Border St., East Boston	Lumber yard fire destroyed mills, shops, stables, foundry.	Paper
11-24-1914	1807	1356	4	347-357 Cambridge St., West End.	Row of wood tenements and 5-story brick bldg. threatened Charles St. Jail.	Paper
12-24-1914	2155	1292	3	164-170 Purchase St., Downtown	4-story brick, commercial building, roof collapse injured 10 firemen.	Paper
3-3-1915	0102	1431	4	4-12 High Street, Downtown	‘Rice Building Fire’, destroyed a 5-story commercial and office building.	Photo Paper
3-18-1915	.	1412	4	641-643 Atlantic Ave., Downtown	‘Hecht Building Fire’, another major fire in the Hecht Building.	Paper
4-24-1915	1224	136	5	14-20 L Street, South Boston	‘Suspender Factory Fire’ at Natural Leather Finishing Co.	Photos Paper
6-18-1915	2140	1423	2	224 Congress St., Downtown	A very smoky whitedestroyed the top floor of a 4-story commercial building.	Paper
10-30-1915	0900	1385	4	101-103 Chestnut St., Beacon Hill	6-story Chauncey Thomas & Co. carriage-maker building, 60 autos lost.	Photo Paper
11-1-1915	1905	648	4	East Eagle Street, East Boston	Boston Elevated Railway car barn and motorcars destroyed in a blaze.	Paper
12-21-1915	0257	1356	3	349-357 Cambridge St., West End.	National Rubber Clothing Co. fire resulted in two firefighter deaths.	Photo Paper
1-29-1916	2345	–	4	36-40 Columbus Avenue, Park Sq., Downtown	A 6-story mixed-occupany merchantile building heavily damaged.	Paper
3-27-1916	1432	1314	4	B&M Railroad freight sheds, rear of No. Station.	Freight sheds lost, aided by shut-off hydrants. Fireboats were crucial.	Photo Paper
9-12-1916	–	–	3	97-99 K Street, South Boston	Fire destroyed a two-story building of the International Waste Company.	Photo Paper
1-29-1917	0154	1463	5	77-111 Chauncy St., Downtown	‘Kelley Blanket Fire’ caused 1/2 million dollar damage.	Photo Paper
2-10-1917	0459	1573	4	50 Exeter St., Back Bay	Hotel Lenox fire, very cold weather, many rescued via ladders.	Photo Paper
2-21-1917	1857	1622	4	980 Washington St., at Motte St., South End	Fire destroyed the Columbia Theatre belonging to Loews Enterprise Co.	Photo Paper
6-4-1917	0830	7323	5	Rear 500 East First St., South Boston	Fire in 3-story wood bldg. of T.C. Ashley & Co. affected many other bldgs.	Photo Paper
9-16-1917	2025	3743	3	1233 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park	Fire destroyed a two-story wood express office and stable, killing 7 horses.	Paper
12-23-1917	0415	–	5	381-389 Congress St., at B Street, South Boston	Fire gutted top floors of 5-story brick bldg., Boston Scale & Machine Co.	Paper
12-27-1917	0900	1294	4	7 Sears Street, Downtown	Fire destroyed a 4-story brick paper warehouse bldg., with 1 fireman death.	Paper
2-26-1918	1400	.	3	23-25 Front St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed the 3-story 150×50 building housing the Boston Ice Co.	Paper
12-18-1918	0441	1566	4	238 St. Botolph St., Back Bay	Fire destroyed Boston Arena, built in 1909 for hockey & basketball sports.	Photo Paper
1-12-1919	1223	723	4	27-41 Damrell St., South Boston	Fire swept through a munitions plant destroying two buildings.	Paper
1-18-1920	0953	1314	3	off Beverly St., near North Station, Downtown	Fire gutted the YMCA & railroad freight buildings during a snowstorm.	Photos Paper
1-31-1920	1860	3565	3	511 River/1663-1669 Bl. Hill Av. Matt.	Fire on a very cold day destroyed Post Off. and block of stores.	Photo Paper
3-25-1920	0526	1293	4	451-463 Atlantic Av./167 Oliver St., Downtown	Smoky fire in Crocker-Penn wool warehouse, many firefighter injuries.	Photos Paper
6-3-1920	0538	1421	4	595 Atlantic Av./238 Purchase St., Downtown	Large fire at Foss & Co. wool warehouse buildings.	Photo Paper
7-6-1920	1600	1634	3	374-378 Albany Street, South End	Fire destroyed the American Coal Company buildings.	Photo
1-1-1921	1842	1492	4	87-93 Albany St., at Harvard St., Downtown.	Fire destroyed a 5-story brick business block.	Paper
1-16-1921	2100	5127	3	Washington St., near Dighton St., Brighton.	Fire destroyed the Brighton Congregational Church, built in 1868.	Paper
2-21-1921	0515	–	3	483 Neponset Ave., Dorchester	Fire in large wood Boston Elevated Railway car barn and 40 trolley cars.	Paper
3-4-1921	0355	–	5	35 Amory Street, Roxbury	Fire in large wood Boston Elevated Railway car barn and 43 trolley cars.	Photo Paper
5-5-1921	1005	621	4	257 Maverick Street, East Boston.	Fire gutted the George Hobbs Box Co., largest wood box maker in USA.	Photo Paper
3-25-1922	2115	1645	4	81 Wareham St., South End	Heavy fire damage to Dickerman Box Factory, in the 5-story Badger Bldg.	Paper
6-4-1922	1500	1336	3	Pitts & South Margin Sts., West End.	Fire at the Cosmopolitan Stables, 11 injured, 140 horses saved.	Paper
6-10-1922	0215	.	4	164-168 A Street, South Boston	Fire gutted the 5-story brick wool warehouse building of Dexter Stores, Inc.	Photo Paper
8-8-1922	1600	1282	1	24 Federal St./123 Congress St., Downtown.	Harris, Forbes Co. basement vault fire, many firemen overcome by smoke.	Paper
3-29-1923	1415	1624	3	81 Bristol St., South End	Fire damaged the J.F. Paul Co. lumber drying business. FF’s rescued.	Photos Paper
4-14-1923	1545	1257	4	185-187 State St., Downtown	Fire heavily damages the building housing the Kelley Peanut Co.	Photos Paper
7-18-1923	1806	7112	4	374-394 Congress St., South Boston	Fire heavily damages the 6-story Fairbanks Co. building.	Photos Paper
9-15-1923	1710	651	5	318-340 Chelsea St/332-344 Bremen St, E. Boston	Day Square fire burnt Miller’s Barn, sheds, warehouse & eight 3-deckers.	Photos Paper
4-8-1924	1955	.	4	Chestnut Hill Av. & Dighton St., Brighton	Fire destroyed the oldest school in Brighton, the 1874 Bennett School.	Paper
10-8-1924	0903	3141	3	520 Dudley St., Roxbury	Fire heavily damaged the Boston Elevated Railway car barn.	Photos
1-13-1925	0315	2245	4	261 Roxbury St., Roxbury	Early morning fire gutted the 1874 Myles Standish School building.	Paper
1-13-1925	1918	1443	3	30-38 Summer St., Downtown	Fire in the Peabody Furniture Co. & Kennedy Clothing Co. bldg.	Paper
1-17-1925	2155	.	4	Causeway St., Downtown	Fire damaged the old 1847 Fitchburg railroad depot, beside North Station.	Paper
2-8-1925	0907	1272	4	222 Washington St, 7-11 Milk St, Downtown	Fire damaged the F.L. Dunne Tailors business in the Trancript Building.	Paper
2-27-1925	1015	419	4	22-24 Stacey St., 44 Dunstable St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed several commercial structures & stables, killing 6 horses.	Photos Paper
3-27-1925	0935	254	4	47 Union Av., Jamaica Plain	Fire gutted the Atlantic Ice Cream Cone factory, injuring many firefighters.	Paper
4-19-1925	0705	437	4	503 Medford St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed 7 factory & warehouse bldgs. of the S.M. Howes Co.	Photos
5-8-1925	1830	.	4	1-21 South Market St., Quincy Market, Downtown	Cockloft fire in the 100-year old market bldg. injured 17 firefighters.	Paper
6-22-1925	1610	.	5	93-103 Border St, 85-87 Liverpool St., E. Boston	Fire gutted a 3-story brick, gutted 5 bldgs., damaged 6 other bldgs.	Paper
7-20-1925	1827	2224	3	165 Ruggles Street, Roxbury	Fire gutted the Ruggles Street Baptist Church.	Photo
3-13-1926	1955	1257	3	62-63-64 Long Wharf, State St., Downtown.	Fire on top floors of a 6-story brick furniture factory building.	Story
7-23-1926	0603	629	4	80 Border St., East Boston	Fire at the Atlantic Works nautical supplies company.
8-18-1926	0900	1321	3	28-30 Canal St./27-29 Merrimac St., Downtown	Fire on top floors of a 6-story brick furniture factory building.	Photos Story
6-1-1927	2322	1234	4	North End Pier, near Foster St., North End	Fire destroyed the Boston Floating Hospital ship alongside the pier.	Paper
4-15-1928	0300	1546	5	Dartmouth and Buckingham Sts., Back Bay	Fire destroyed Back Bay Station of the New Haven Railroad.	Photos
6-28-1930	1300	4133	3	Railroad yards off Austin St., Charlestown	Stubborn fire gutted Warehouse 21 in Yard 14 of the B&M Railroad.	Photos
7-4-1930	1918	4147	5	141-153 Medford St., Charlestown	Children set fire & burned 5 bldgs. & lumber yard of Palmer Parker Co.	Photos
1-28-1931	0027	4138	3	118-124 Main St., Charlestown	Heavy damage to the 3-story Charlestown Furniture Co. building.	Photos
3-16-1931	2318	1434	3	76-86 South Street, Downtown	Heavy damage to a 5-story, 2nd class leather district commercial bldg.	Photo
1-4-1932	0426	1525	5	507-515 Tremont St., South End	Fire destroyed the landmark Odd Fellows Hall building.	Photos
2-24-1932	1430	7112	3	332 Congress St., South Boston	Fire heavily damaged a 6-story warehouse building.	Photo
6-30-1932	1328	1521	3	54-58 Piedmont St., Downtown	Hollywood Films Co. explosion & fire, fueled by celluloid movie film.	Photos
3-31-1933	1400	3452	3	End of Playstead Road, Dorchester	Fire destroyed the Savin Hill Bath House.	Photos
11-7-1933	0918	1257	4	Central Wharf, off Atlantic Ave., Downtown	Fire at the Eastern Steamship Company on Central Wharf.	Photos
1-5-1934	1311	2344	5	Lansdowne Street, Fenway/Back Bay	Fenway Park Fire destroyed left/centerfield stands & adjacent bldgs.	Photos
12-9-1934	0327	4139	4	33 Miller Street, Charlestown	Bitter cold morning fire gutted a 4-story warehouse near the state prison.	Photos
12-27-1934	2100	–	4	Seaverns Av. & Elm St., Jamaica Plain	Fire destroyed the large wooden Central Congregational Church.	Photos
3-14-1935	1730	715	4	15-17 Cypher Street, South Boston	Heavy damage to wood stable, storage, and truck assembly building.	Photo
3-15-1935	2310	1315	4	95-111 Causeway St., Downtown	Fire heavily damaged the 5-story Furniture Manufacturers’ Outlet bldg.	Photo
9-24-1935	1345	4112	4	37-43, 37-58 Warren Avenue, Charlestown	Several 2.5-story vacant commercial bldgs. near Warren Av. Bridge.	Photos
4-8-1936	0635	5189	4	Lake Street, Brighton	Fire partially destroyed the Philosophy House at St. John’s Seminary.	Photos
11-25-1936	1635	6153	3	15-25 Meridian St., East Boston	Explosion in a hat-cleaning shop swept a block of tenement buildings	Paper
11-27-1936	2256	4112	5	Charles River Ave., Charlestown	‘Old Grist Mill Fire’ destroyed Hoosac Dock buildings housing newsprint.	Photos Paper
12-8-1936	0730	7131	5	261-287 A Street, South Boston	Fire destroyed the Boston Plate Glass and Window Co. factory.	Paper
1-6-1937 1-6-1937	2045 2100	1345 1292	3 4	Spring & Milton Sts., West End 501-529 Atlantic Ave. & Pearl St., Downtown	Fire in brick commerical and residential/tenement bldg., congested area. Fire in a large five-story brick office and storehouse building.	Paper
2-13-1937	2100	7115	4	300 Congress St., South Boston	Warehouse fire at the Grasselli Chemical Co. on Fort Point Channel.	Paper
3-10-1937	1025	4191	5	Mystic Docks, Charlestown	Fire in the vessel ‘Laila’ at Pier 45, ship loaded with nitrate.	Photo
3-23-1937	1304	6113	4	Simpson Drydock, 275 Marginal St., E. Boston.	Sparks caused a fire damaging cargo ships ‘San Gil’ and ‘San Bruno’.	Photos Paper
4-5-1937	1608	3115	3	875 Massachusetts Ave., Roxbury	Thousands of tires burned, smoke affected nearby Boston City Hospital.	Paper
11-25-1939	1540	4137	5	294 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown	.
2-9-1940			3	15-27 Richmond Street, North End	.
4-15-1941	1618	715	5	171-192 West First St., South Boston	General Wool Co. Fire destroyed 9 buildings, children set a grass fire.
9-18-1941	1759	4156	5+	391 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown	‘Rutherford Ave. Conflagration’ destroyed many Railroad storage sheds.	Photos
2-5-1942	0830	.	4	Mystic Wharf Shed #45, Medford St., C’town.	First National Stores Co. ex-nitrate storage warehouse fire on wood pier.
3-6-1942	0722	7112	5	44-48 Stillings Street, South Boston.	Fire heavily damaged the 6-story brick National Wool Co. building.	Photos Paper
4-19-1942	0310	1286	4	201 State Street, Downtown.	Hotel supplies of Thompson-Winchester Co., lost on upper floors.	Paper
11-15-1942	0228	6153	5	12-16 Maverick Square, East Boston	‘Luongo’s Restaurant Fire’, Maverick Square, a collapse killed 6 FF’s. Memorial Dedication Ceremony Press Release, 2012. Dedication Ceremony Program, 2012.	Fire Story Photos Fire Report
11-28-1942	2220	1521	5	15-17 Piedmont St., Downtown	‘Cocoanut Grove Fire’ nightclub fire killed 492 and injured 166 others. Link to Cocoanut Grove Coalition, seeking any information on the Fire.	Fire Story Special Section
12-15-1942	2310	1461	5	501-507 Washington St., Downtown	‘Sallinger’s Fire’ damaged a large commercial building.
1-16-1943	1655	4148	5	81-105 Medford St., Charlestown	Another fire in the Palmer Parker Company.
2-9-1944	1507	3557	3	291 River St., Mattapan	Fire destroyed the old Leversidge Estate 13-room mansion building.	Photo
4-23-1944	1650	3468	5	488 Neponset Ave., Dorchester	Fire at the Frost Coal & Oil Co. at the Neponset River in Dorchester.	Photo
4-25-1944	0435	1443	3	453-457 Washington St., Downtown	Stubborn basement fire in a 8-story commercial building.	Photo Photo
6-12-1944	2155	2335	5	80 Hampshire St./29 Simmons St., Roxbury	‘Chair Factory Fire’,Newtowne Manufacturing Co./Globe Mattress Co.	Photo Paper
5-11-1945	0954	2463	4	3651 Washington St., Jamaica Plain	Fire destroyed the Metropolitan Coal & Oil Co. coal pocket.	Photo
2-3-1946	0511	7221	3	384-390 West Broadway, South Boston	3-story wood Irish-American bldg, roof collapse, 2 LODD’s, others injured.	Story
3-21-1947	1240	1322	4	140 Hanover St./59 Union St., Downtown	Fire damaged a 5-story mixed commercial occupancy.	Photos
1-15-1948	1259	7115	5	23-27 Sleeper St., South Boston	‘Sleeper Street Fire’ at the Armour Leather Company on a very cold day.	Photos
3-23-1948	1254	1324	3	17 Court St./9 Brattle St., Scollay Sq., D’town	Fire damaged the 6-story brick Crawford House Hotel, Scollay Square.	Photos
10-5-1949	1701	631	3	Suffolk Cty Hse of Correction, Deer Island.	Heavy fire damage to the Administration Bldg., inmates helped firefighters.	Photos
3-9-1950	0257	1421	5	183-195 Congress St., Downtown	Large fire in commercial buildings at 181-195 Congress St.	Photo
5-14-1950	1530	2245	2	1149 Columbus Ave., at Tremont St., Roxbury	Fire damaged 4-story Roxbury Crossing station of New Haven RR.	Photos
6-10-1952	0937	1294	4	India Wharf, off Atlantic Av., Downtown	Large destroyed the buildings on India Wharf.	Photo
11-2-1952	1243	1242	5	Union Wharf, off Commercial St., North End	Fire gutted the Union Wharf buildings, off Commercial St., North End.	Story
3-19-1953	0827	2252	4	28-30 Kenilworth St., Roxbury	Church fire.	Photo
6-2-1953	2130	4191	5	Mystic Docks, Charlestown	Large fire at Pier 48, Mystic Docks.
6-24-1953	0640	1532	4	40 Isabella St., Back Bay	5-story brick Hotel Lyndinbow fire, many ladder rescues & 3 fatalities.	Photo
10-16-1953	1516	7545	2	South Boston Naval Annex	Explosion and Fire in the ‘USS Leyte’ killed 37 and injured 40.	Photos
10-22-1953	0329	72	4	Dover St. (W. 4th St.) Bridge, South Boston	Fire destroyed Bridge over RR tracks between So. End and So. Boston.	Photos
11-2-1953	1441	7124	3	Army Base Pier, Drydock Av., South Boston	Fire in the Norwegian freighter ‘Black Falcon’ killed 8 longshoremen.	Photos
2-1-1954	0121	1321	5	134 Friend St., at Sudbury St., Downtown	Fire destroyed the 6-story brick Tulman Furniture Company building.	Photos
9-19-1954	0707	1525	4	Tremont & Berkeley Sts., South End.	Fire gutted a 5-story brick bldg. Zara Club and other businesses.	Photo
3-3-1955	0328	1257	5	India Wharf, off Atlantic Ave., Downtown	Large fire destroyed warehouse buildings at 1-9 India Wharf.	Photo
3-14-1955	1620	1491	4	740 Washington St., Downtown	Fire at Gerry’s Furniture Company building.	Photo
4-14-1955	1759	6151	5	25 Lewis Street, East Boston	Warehouse fire at the National Docks, East Boston
7-1-1955	0741	1547	3+	43 Stanhope Street, Back Bay	‘Red Coach Grill Fire’ extended operations on a very humid day.	Photo
1-3-1956	0553	2142	5	73 Moreland St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed the synagogue of Temple Congregation Adereth Israel.	Photo
11-8-1956	1304	6213	5	652 Saratoga St., East Boston	8 3-decker buildings lost at Saratoga, Curtis and Chaucher Sts.	Photos
1-12-1957	1223	4141	5	10 Green St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed the First Congregational Church in Charlestown.	Photo
3-25-1957	1020	1331	3	54 Chardon St., Downtown	Fire heavily damaged the 5-story building housing Federal Liquors Co.	Photo
4-23-1957	1355	2471	3	23 Rockwood St., Jamaica Plain	Fire heavily damaged the former Rockwood Park School for Girls.	Photo
7-26-1957	1856	4191	5	Mystic Pier, Charlestown	Large fire at the Boston & Maine RR coal docks.	Photos
7-6-1958	2334	7113	5	Pier 2, Northern Avenue, South Boston	Merchants & Miners Piers destroyed a large U-shaped terminal building.	Photo
2-26-1959	0915	3396	4	55 Nightingale St., Dorchester	9 frame mult-unit dwellings destroyed.
2-28-1959	2339	2122	5	2140 Washington St., Roxbury	Fire in multiple 4 and 5 story brick apartment buildings.	Photo
8-1-1959	2059	7112	5	400 Congress St., South Boston	Fire at New Haven RR Freight House #6 + RR cars.
8-3-1959	1215	7123	4	655 Summer St., South Boston	Fire destroyed a large, 1.5-story commercial building.	Photo
6-12-1960	1307	3353	4	562 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester	Fire in several woodframe and brick buildings.
6-5-1961	1309	2123	4	962-1046 Harrison Avenue, Roxbury	Fire in a vacant wood structure spread to 10 other buildings.	Photos
6-20-1961	1205	1324	3	32 Howard St., Downtown	Fire gutted landmark ‘Old Howard’ burlesque theatre, in Scollay Square.	Story Link
11-30-1961	1301	735	4	Castle Island, South Boston	Fire at Pier 17 at Castle Island Terminal Wharf.	Photo
3-7-1962	0539	1246	5	Commercial Wharf, North End	Fire in buildings and wharf structure.
5-10-1962	1601	4132	5	17-50 Front St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed several large potato sheds, freight cars, & dwellings.	Photos
9-23-1962	1746	5246	5	293 Lincoln St. & 57 Braintree St., Brighton	B&M RR Shops & a plumbing co. bldg. (1st 5 alarm fire in Brighton).	Photos
10-16-1962	2350	4143	5	Prospect St., Charlestown	Fire destroyed the Frothingham School.	Photo
1-24-1963	2346	319	4	1496-1500 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester	Fire destroyed the 3-story brick Globe Furniture Co. in a snowstorm.
3-29-1963	0400	2321	5	146 Masssachusetts Ave., Back Bay	‘Sherry-Biltmore Hotel’ fire, over 100 rescued over ladders, 4 fatalities.	Photos
10-12-1963	1137	1611	5	27 Corning Street, South End	‘Morgan Memorial’ fire nearly became a conflagration.	Photo
5-22-1964	1339	7251	5+	Bellflower St., Dorchester	‘Bellflower Street Conflagration’ destroyed 19 wood 3-decker buildings. Dist. 6 Report Div. 1 Report Act. Chief of Dept. Report Photographs	Story
10-1-1964	0032	1671	5	34 Trumbull St., South End	Fire in a vacant factory caused a wall collapse, killing 5 Firefighters. District 4 Report Division 1 Report	B. F. Digest P.1 B. F. Digest P.2 Newspapers
1-30-1965	.	.	5	45 Brooks Street, East Boston.	Sacred Heart Church destroyed.
2-24-1965	1030	2214	5	795 Tremont Street, Roxbury	5-story vacant brick commercial & residental building gutted.	Photo
4-10-1965	1748	7273	5	117 Atkinson St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed the General Waste Co. 2-story brick warehouse.	Photo
6-23-1965	1711	5221	5	80 Western Ave., Brighton	Fire at a RR freight and truck terminal.
10-27-1965	1718	229	4	3-9 Corliss St., 56-58 Codman Pk., Roxbury	Fire destroyed 4 large vacant buildings.	Photo
12-9-1965	1818	1614	5	1217 Washington St., South End	Boston Leather Co., vacant 4-story brick, + other bldgs., with collapse.
1-28-1966	1841	1471	5	15-19 Boylston St., Downtown	Explosion and fire at the Paramount Hotel killed 10.	Photo
7-1-1966	1337	4187	5	36 Roland St., Charlestown	Paper warehouse fire with $1.5 million damage.
2-18-1967	0711	1441	5	141 Tremont St., Downtown	Crawford-Hollidge Department store fire	Story
4-1-1967	0119	1514	4	27 Eliot St., Downtown	Fire heavily damaged the ‘Hillbilly Ranch’ Bar, Park Square.
6-19-1967	1643	3254	4	78-98 Taylor St., Dorchester	Fire at the O.G. Kelley and A.T. Stearns Co’s., destroyed 5 wood bldgs.	Photos
7-16-1967	1838	2211	4	271 Northampton St., Roxbury	Fire gutted 3-story brick Boston Tire Exchange Co, thousands of tires.	Photos
1-20-1968	2139	1724	4	65 Shirley St., Roxbury	Heavy damage to a 3-story brick bdlg., former Zinn Screw Machine Co.	Photo
2-4-1968	0349	1632	5	1147 Washington St., South End	Roosevelt Hotel fire killed 9, many rescued from transient hotel.	Photo
2-7-1968	0844	7222	5	300-310 West Broadway & D St., So. Boston	‘Blinstrub’s Fire’, a popular restaurant and nightclub, destroyed by fire.	Photos
3-27-1968	1304	1296	5	Long Wharf, Atlantic Av./State St., Downtown	Fire destroyed three United Fruit Co. buildings on Long Wharf.
3-29-1968	0217	1539	5	288 Berkeley St., Back Bay	‘First Church in Boston’ fire extended to adjacent buildings.	Photo Photo
4-6-1968	1959	6184	5	262-274 East Eagle St., East Boston	A rapidly spreading fire destroyed several 3-deckers in East Boston.
5-14-1968	2258	711	5	Summer St. Bridge over RR tracks, So. Boston	Fire destroyed 300ft bridge, RR sheds, boxcars, trucks & warehouses.	Photo
5-4-1969	2338	3745	4	66 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park	Fire destroyed the wooden 100 year-old former First Baptist Church.	Photo
6-27-1969	2348	1552	5	1-3 Holyoke St./415 Columbus Av., South End.	Fire in 3 vacant 5-story brick buildings; last fire for Water Tower 1.	Photo
8-5-1969	2223	3859	5	100 Meadow Rd., Readville	Stop & Shop warehouse fire (first 5 alarm fire in Hyde Park)	Photo
12-5-1969	2357	325	4	1030 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester	Kirley Lumber Co. fire destroyed a lumber yard and several buildings.	Photo
3-31-1971	0033	2341	5	50 Peterborough St., Back Bay	Apartment house fire killed 8 residents, many rescued.	Photo
4-20-1971	1349	1247	5	91-125 Clinton St., Downtown	The Clinton Market warehouse destroyed by fire.	Photo
5-19-1971	1354	721	4	Dover Street railroad yards, So. Boston.	Fire destroyed railroad warehouses, shops & locomotive roundhouse.	Photo
11-22-1971	1529	1436	5	132-144 Lincoln St., Downtown.	Fire caused major damage to a 6-story commercial building.	Photo
12-29-1971	1214	1412	3+	604-610 Atlantic Ave., Downtown	Vacant 6-story brick commercial building fully involved.	Story
6-17-1972	1434	1571	4	160 Commonwealth Ave., Back Bay	‘Hotel Vendome Fire & Collapse’ caused death of nine firefighters.	Story
1-11-1973	1937	711	5	332-340 Summer St., South Boston	‘Ralph Pill Electric’, fire in an 8-story merchantile building.	Story
1-15-1973	1143	1535	5	437 Boylston St., Back Bay	Fire heavily damaged a 5-story bldg. housing Irish & Israeli consulates.	Photo
5-19-1973	1000	4191	5	Mystic Docks, off Medford St., Charlestown	Schiavone & Sons fire raged for hours in wood pier decking and supports.	Photos
11-10-1973	0439	1368	5	14 Hancock St., Beacon Hill	Fire in an apartment building, many rescues made.	Photo
3-7-1974	0759	5143	4	5-11 Royce Rd., Allston	Fire gutted upper floors of 5-story brick apartment building.	Photo
4-1-1974	2152	6151	5	145 Sumner St., East Boston	Fire destroyed a vacant warehouse.	Photo
4-17-1974	1853	3754	5	1344 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park	Large fire at the vacant Allis-Chalmers manufacturing plant.	Photo
7-16-1974	0451	1632	5	15 Groton St., South End	The John J. Williams School building was destroyed.	Photo
10-9-1974	0211	7421	5	1400-1406 Columbia Rd., South Boston	The landmark Dorgan’s Restaurant was destroyed.	Photo
5-24-1975	0017	6112	5	220-228 Everett St., East Boston	Several connected rowhouse buildings destroyed in a fast-moving fire.	Photo
8-4-1975	0732	2791	3	38 Corinth St., Roslindale	Stubborn basement fire at Corey’s Market injured many firefighters.	Photo
11-28-1975	1651	2252	5	20 Dudley St., Roxbury	Former Dudley School, used as School Dept. warehouse.	Photo
1-22-1976	2010	7445	5	768-776 East 6th St., South Boston	A row of brick buildings with high winds and extreme cold.	Photo
2-1-1976	2128	2411	5+	301-309 Centre St., Jamaica Plain	‘Plant Shoe Fire’ caused the complete destruction of large mill building.
6-2-1976	2252	1471	5	611-617 Washington St., Downtown.	Fire gutted a 6-story mixed occupancy commercial building.	Photos
9-12-1976	0116	1598	5	70 Symphony Road, Back Bay	Arson fire gutted top 4 flrs. of 5-story brick apt. bldg., 1 fatality, 14 injured.	Photos
12-29-1976	0300	1562	4	47 Huntington Avenue, Back Bay	Copley Square Hotel, smoky fire forced the evacuation of all 119 guests.
1-9-1977	1338	3743	3	1246 River St., Hyde Park	Fire damaged the Waterman Building, offices over commercial space.	Photos
1-22-1977	2018	1539	3	35-39 Newbury St., Back Bay	Fire damaged several bldg’s housing fashion designer Alfred Fiandaca.	Photo
7-20-1978	2125	1233	5	179-181 Salem Street, North End	Large apt. bldg., beside Old North Church (Simultaneous 5-alarm fire).	Photos/Text
7-20-1978	2250	1585	5	492 Beacon Street, Back Bay	Fire in vacant Mt. Vernon Cong. Church. (Simultaneous 5-alarm fire)	Photos
9-23-1978	1308	7234	4	378 Dorchester St., South Boston	Fire in the vacant, 4-story brick, former John A. Andrew School.	Photo
3-29-1979	0103	1561	5	138 St. James Ave., Back Bay	Copley Plaza Hotel Fire, 7-story stone/brick, many rescues over ladders.	Photos
3-29-1979	0226	1568	3	39 Dalton St., Back Bay.	Sheraton Boston Hotel Fire, 29-story, simultaneous hotel fire.
8-8-1979	0217	4164	5	Pier 51, off Medford St., Charlestown	Fire in a warehouse & pier, used fireboats, scuba divers & US Coast Guard.	Photos
11-17-1979	2247	1254	3	21-36 Merchants Row, Downtown.	6-story brick, Sanborn’s Fish Market, FL-1, upper flrs. under renovation.	Photos
12-9-1979	0025	5397	5	99-103 Tremont St., Brighton.	Fire gutted a large 5-story apartment bldg.,
1-29-1980	2231	1514	3	27 Eliot St., Back Bay.	Hillbilly Ranch Fire, building under demolition.	Photo
5-31-1980	0528	1234	6	440 Commercial St/14-16 Greenough Ln,N. End	Two vacant dwellings gutted, 4-story commercial bldg. heavily damaged.	Photo
6-17-1980	1817	5221	9	70 Western Ave., Allston	Fire in large railroad shed, boxcars, trailers.(Boston’s First 9-Alarm Fire)
9-24-1980	0253	1841	8	1046 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester	‘St. William’s Church Fire’ destroyed a landmark stucco church building.
11-27-1980	0759	1385	7	8-11 Arlington St., Back Bay	‘Harbridge House Fire’ heavily damaged a 5-story brownstone building.	Photo
1-6-1981	1507	1539	8	16-17 Arlington St./0 Newbury St., Back Bay	Fire in a 5 story brownstone commercial bldg. caused 2 FF’s deaths.
1-7-1981	0827	2331	9	307-311 Huntington Ave., Back Bay	Fire in a 5 story brick office/commercial building.	Photo
1-7-1981	1822	5352	9	1874-1880 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton	Fire in a large 4 story brick apartment building.
3-6-1981	0458	6166	8	21-27 Brooks St./63-65 Morris St., East Boston	Fire destroyed five 3-decker wood apartment buildings.	Video
4-26-1981	1443	2113	7	889 Harrison Ave., Roxbury	Fire destroyed the abandoned former St. Phillip Church.	Photos
6-15-1981	1743	1796	6	Brunswick Gardens, Laredo St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed a 3-story brick vacant apartment building.	Photo
6-20-1981	0009	1761	4	50 Dacia St., Roxbury	Fire heavily damaged the vacant former St. John’s School.	Photo
8-25-1981	0239	3182	4	318-322 Adams, 69 Gibson St., Dorchester.	Fire destroyed/damaged four multi-unit wood apartment bldgs.	Video
2-27-1982	2105	1471	9	597 Washington St., Downtown	‘Hotel Avery Fire’ gutted a former hotel turned rooming house.	Photo
6-3-1982	0207	7251	4	844-848 Dorchester Avenue, South Boston	Arson fire destroyed two vacant 3-decker wood apartment buildings.	Photo
6-3-1982	0321	7161	9	410 E Street, South Boston	‘Spero Toy Fire’, arsonists destroyed 3 large comm. bldgs., $4m loss.	Video Photo
6-11-1982	0012 0105 0302 0307	254 3328 1848 2428	9 6 3 5	165 Brookside Ave., Jamaica Plain 386 Washington St., Dorchester 97-99 Sydney St., Dorchester 456 Centre St., Jamaica Plain	4 major arson fires in the city within three hours (9, 6, 3 & 5 alarms). American Cellophane Co., 2/3-story vacant commercial bldg. Video – – – – – Large 2.5-story brick & wood vacant bldg, former YMCA. – – – – – – – – – – – Two 3-story vacant wood 3-decker dwellings. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – A large 3.5-story wood commercial bldg., the Cail Dental Building. – – – – –	Photos Photo Photo Photo
6-27-1982	0546	2251	7	2401 Washington St., Roxbury	‘Bartlett Building’ fire consumed the upper floors of the 6-story building.	Photos
7-7-1982	0524	1273	7	20-22, 24, 30 Bromfield St., Downtown	Connected 4-story brick multiple-occupancy resident/commercial bldgs.	Video
7-21-1982	0234	1526	9	4 Clarendon St./7 Montgomery St., South End	Fire destroyed the vacant 4-story-high Clarendon Street Baptist Church.	Video Photos
7-21-1982	0347	255	7	185 Brookside Ave., Jamaica Plain	Fire destroyed the vacant 3-story brick American Cellophane factory.	Video
11-13-1982	0253	2246	9	1-3 John Eliot Sq./67-71 Bartlett St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed five multi-story brick commercial & residential bldgs.	Photo
1-17-1983	0039	7137	2	99 West Fourth St., South Boston	Arson fire, 4-story commercial bldg., housing Boston Sparks Assn.	Photo
7-27-1983	0012	3165	8	296 Freeport St., Dorchester	Minuteman Tire Co. bldg., extended to former MBTA powerhouse.
12-7-1983	0520	6162	9	119-133 Havre St., East Boston	Fire destroyed four 3-story wood dwellings and commercial bldgs.	Video
12-13-1983	0041	6175	5	37-43 Marion/17-19 Monmouth St., E. Boston	Fire in 2.5-story attached row dwellings & a wood 3-decker bldg.	Video
1-12-1984	0046	2414	4	28-30 Armstrong St., Jamaica Plain	Fire heavily damaged two 3 1/2-story woodframe dwellings.	Video
1-19-1984	0337	1341	6	Rear of North Station, Nashua St., Downtown	Pier fire on Charles River at the rear of North Station.
1-24-1984	2018	3148	9	246 Adams St., Dorchester	‘St. Ambrose Church Fire’ destroyed a landmark brick church.	Photos
2-18-1984	1217	6177	4	460-464 Meridian St., East Boston	Fire destroyed three attached 3-decker apartment buildings.	Photos
4-5-1984	0411	221	6	406 Massachusetts Ave., South End	Fire gutted a large vacant 6-story brick duplex apartment bldg.	Photos
8-11-1984	1321	7131	9	23-33 Wormwood St., South Boston	Boston Plate Glass Co. fire destroyed a wood commercial building.	Photos
9-12-1984	0324	2124	4	8-20 Warren St., Roxbury	Fire gutted two 3.5-story brick & wood bldgs., apartments above stores.	Video
4-14-1985	1423	3113	9	67 Vaughn Ave., Dorchester	Fire destroyed vacant 4-story brick bldg., old California Olive Oil Co.	Photo
7-4-1985	0017	4167	9	4,6,8,10,12 Sheafe Street, Charlestown	‘Sheafe Street Fire’ gutted several attached 3-story wood apt. bldgs.	Video
9-1-1985	1540	1281	5	82-86 State St., Downtown	Fire on mid-floors of an 11-story commercial bldg., over stores.	Photo
1-2-1986	1713	1573	8	800 Boylston St., Back Bay	‘Prudential Tower’ fire in a 52-story high-rise
3-21-1986	0144	7413	9	Mercer St., South Boston	‘Mercer Street Fire’ destroyed many homes, 1 FF death.	Video
7-27-1986	2354	1735	5	15-19 Folsom St./6 Harlow St., Dorchester	Fire destroyed three 3-story woodframe dwellings	Video
12-9-1986	0252	2754	3	874-880 South St., Roslindale	Fire heavily damaged a 2 1/2-story woodframe dwelling.	Video
1-18-1987	2100	3184	7	336 Adams St., Dorchester	Fire destroyed a vacant 4-story wood bldg., former National Electric Co.	Video
2-19-1987	0014	613	7	269-271-279 Sumner St., East Boston	Fire destroyed multiple attached 3-story row dwellings.	Video
6-26-1987	0113	3412	9	Lonsdale St., Dorchester	Early A.M. plane crash on Lonsdale St., Dorchester destroyed many homes.	Story Video
9-4-1987	0319	5121	4	1119 Commonwealth Ave, Allston	Fire heavily damaged a 1-story ‘taxpayer’ commercial building.	Photo
1-27-1989	1734	2251	9	80 Dudley St., Roxbury	‘Roxbury Boys Club Fire’
4-6-1989	0338	3846	8	1661-1671 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park.	Fire in the Morrill Builders Supply, a tire store & a truck repair shop.	Video
10-12-1989	1152	1432	9	84 Essex St., Downtown	Building fire in Chinatown, water problems, filmed by CBS 48 Hours.	Video 1 Video 2
4-13-1990	0154	3638	4	1232-1234 Blue Hill Av./22 Woolson St., Mattapan	Fire destroyed three 3-decker apartment buildings.	Video
6-26-1990	1534	731	5	115 Dorchester St., South Boston	‘Robinson’s Hardware Fire’ destroyed a neighborhood hardware store.
12-12-1990	0825	1546	3	Back Bay Station, Dartmouth St., Back Bay	Crash of AMTRAK and Commuter Rail trains caused many injuries.	Photos
5-21-1991	0441	2253	7	23-25-27 Lambert Ave., Roxbury	Fire gutted three 3.5-story wood dwelling buildings.	Video
10-04-1991	1602	1332	6	15 Sudbury St., Downtown	Fire on the roof of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building.	Photos
1-8-1992	0253	2367	4	731-735 Parker St., Mission Hill	Fire heavily damaged three 3-story woodframe dwellings.	Video
11-2-1992	1111	6182	7	53 White Street, East Boston	Fire in a large three-story residential building.	Photo
4-22-1993	1649	1662	6	1761 Washington St., South End	Large fire gutted commercial buildings and a 5-story former hotel.	Photo
10-4-1993	1329	6134	7	135 Marginal St., East Boston	Pier fire
1-21-1994	0220	2331	5	331-335 Huntington Ave., Fenway	Fire heavily damaged two 5-story brick attached apartment bldgs.	Video
2-10-1994	0104	2266	6	192-195 Thornton St./5 Marcella St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed two 3-deckers & a 2.5 floor wooden dwellings.	Video
6-24-1994	0037	4113	9	40 Charles River Ave., Charlestown	Rapids Furniture Company warehouse fire on a pier, 1 firefighter death.
8-31-1995	0440	1571	5	26 Exeter Street, Back Bay	‘Exeter Street Theatre Fire’ heavily damaged a landmark theatre building.
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11-13-1996	1342	7433	7	283-295 K Street, South Boston	‘K Street Fire’ involved many connected buildings on K Street.	Photo
12-24-1997	2107	7323	7	530 East First Street, South Boston	Clean Harbors Co. fire destroyed a 2.5 story concrete/wood building.	Photos
8-7-1998	0416	2312	6	536-538 Commonwealth Ave., Back Bay	Fire in a 5-story brick building, residences above stores, many rescues.	Video
8-26-1998	1107	36	W/F	8 Ashton St., Dorchester	Gas explosion leveled a duplex 3-decker and damaged many homes.	Story
12-3-1998	0551	1316	9	112 Canal St., Downtown	‘Canal Street Fire’ destroyed a furniture warehouse building.	Video
6-15-1999	0407	1775	6	150 Magnolia St., Dorchester	Fire gutted the former Benedict Fenwick School, 3-story brick building.	Photo
6-27-1999	2331	4166	7	428 Medford St/25-33 N.Mead St, Charlestown	Fire destroyed 2.5 floor, U-shaped wood condos under construction.	Video
1-20-2000	0144	1212	4	63 Endicott St., North End	Fire on 4th fl. of 6-story vacant comm. bldg. converting to condos.	Video
4-8-2000	1547	6262	9	61 Bayswater St., East Boston	Orient Heights Yacht Club & several homes destroyed on a windy day.	Story
10-29-2000	0124	7441	9	5 Swallow St., South Boston	‘Swallow Street Fire’ destroyed 7 three-deckers, damaged others.	Photo
11-2-2000	0533	3274	5	15 Hilltop St., Dorchester	Fire gutted a large brick/concrete former recycling facility.	Video
8-2-2001	2102	1411	3	298 Congress St., Downtown	‘Tea Party Ship & Museum Fire’ destroyed replica ship and buildings.
3-18-2002	0753	232	6	459-461 Park Drive, Back Bay	Fire in 3-story duplex brick lodging house.	Photos
5-4-2002	1531	4228	9	1st Ave & 13th St., Charlestown	‘Rope Walk Fire’ in a long building at ex-Charlestown Navy Yard.
10-1-2002	1624	7324	9	776 Summer St., South Boston	Boston Edison Power Plant fire.
5-3-2003	0447	3418	7	16 Melbourne St., Dorchester	Early morning fire in a 3-decker extended to two other 3-deckers.	Photos
10-30-2003	2316	2283	4	20-24 Elmore St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed two 3-story woodframe dwellings.	Video
1-18-2005	1731	2461	5	633 Centre St., Jamaica Plain	‘First Baptist Church Fire’ destroyed a Jamaica Plain landmark.
2-22-2007	1851	1212	6	129 Endicott St., North End	Fire in a 5-story commercial and residential building.
8-27-2007	1200	1411	2	Congress Street Bridge, South Boston	Fire destroyed the Boston Tea Party Museum.	Story
8-29-2007	2105	281	4	1721 Centre St., West Roxbury	Fire in a row of ‘taxpayers’ caused death of two firefighters.
12-31-2007	1941	7435	7	309 Emerson St., South Boston	Fire in a 5-story ex-hotel converted to condominiums, with two deaths.	Video
1-5-2008	0340	3744	4	2-20 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park	Fire destroyed a large 3-story building housing many businesses.
3-10-2008	0745	1573	4	776 Boylston St., Back Bay	14-story Mandarin Hotel fire, damaging condos under construction.
6-30-2008	0324	1293	7	440 Atlantic Ave., Downtown	James Hook Lobster Co. fire on the waterfront destroyed several bldgs.	Video
1-6-2009	0157	2343	4	84-100 Peterborough St., Fenway	Fire gutted a block of single-story stores and restaurants (taxpayers).
2-21-2009	0123	3358	5	612-624 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester	Fire destroyed a former theatre building, housing a church and stores.
7-11-2009	0111	7218	4	400 Dorchester Ave., South Boston	Fire destroyed a seafood processing plant and surrounding structures.
4-7-2010	1347	1583	9	483 Beacon St., Back Bay	Fire on floors 7 & 8 of a 10-story condo bldg. built in 1895. Hot 90+*.
7-8-2010	1038	1376	4	11 Charles St., Beacon Hill	Deluca’s Market, basement elec. fire extended all 4 floors. Humid 96+*.
8-21-2010	2227	1712	9	57-75 Norfolk Ave., Roxbury	Fire in multi-story vacant warehouse, extented to an adjacent building.	Video
10-17-2011	0048	2296	5	71 Westminster Av/5-9 Wardman Rd., Roxbury	Fire in a U-shaped apt. bldg., w/ rescue of 6 y.o. child dropped from 3rd fl.	Video
10-30-2011	0047	236	5	35-41 Calumet Street, Mission Hill	During heavy snow storm, fire gutted two 3-story dwellings.	Video
2-12-2012	0551	5336	4	167-183 Chestnut Hill Av., Brighton	Stubborn cellar fire destroyed a row of ‘taxpayers’ on a cold, windy day.	Video Part 1 Video Part 2 Video Part 3
4-1-2012	1355	6167	7	324-330 Chelsea St., East Boston	Fire gutted several attached 3-story, 6-unit, brick dwellings.	Video
8-16-2012	1112	3483	5	5 Fairmount Street, Dorchester	Fire gutted a large 3-decker dwelling and an attached garage.	Video
10-27-2012	0622	5138	5	62-64 Quint Avenue, Allston	Fire destroyed a large 2.5-story dwelling.	Vid. P.1 Vid. P.2 Vid. P.3 Vid. P.4 Vid. P.5 Vid. P.6 Vid. P.7
2-4-2013	2337	613	5	265-267 Sumner/45-47 Orleans St., E. Boston	Fire caused heavy damage to a large multi-unit dwelling.	Audio/Video
3-27-2013	1836	314	6	10-12 Fox St./8 Juliette St., Dorchester	Rear porches fire destroyed three tight-knit 3-deckers.	Audio
7-7-2013	0713	5241	5	15-21 Mansfield St./22-30 Royal St., Allston	Rear porches fire destroyed several dwellings, damaged several others.	Video Part 1 Video Part 2 Video Part 3
8-21-2013	0908	7163	5	410 West Broadway, South Boston	St. John the Baptist Albanian Orthodox Church, circa 1880, destroyed.	Audio
12-3-2013	0437	711	8	327 Summer Street, South Boston	Fire gutted a 5-story commercial bldg. undergoing renovation.	Audio/Video
2-1-2014	1407	1583	7	31 Massachusetts Av., Back Bay	Fire in an 8-story hi-rise apartment house gutted 5th to 8th floor.	Video
3-4-2014	0412	2142	7	124-126 Warren St., Roxbury	Large 3-story vacant residential bldg., extended to a 4-story brick.	Video Video
3-26-2014	1442	1579	9	298 Beacon St., Back Bay	Basement fire, 4/5-story brownstone extended to roof, two FF’s deaths.	Video
4-9-2014	1924	6172	8	85 Lexington Street, East Boston	Auto fire in driveway extended to 5 wood residential bldgs, windy day.	Video
4-14-2017	1552	3257	5	7-9 Clover St., Dorchester	Fire gutted a 31/2-story woodframe duplex dwelling	Video
7-30-2014	0835	613	6	309 Sumner/Rear 102 Webster St., East Boston	Fire destroyed several wood buildings in a tight-knit neighborhood.	Video
9-3-2014	1747	5136	9	8-12-16 Harvard Terrace, Allston	Fire destroyed a 3-story, 18-unit brick apartment bldg. on a dead-end street.	Video
2-2-2015	0604	5124	4	77-79 Brighton Ave., Allston	.
7-21-2016	1346	4165	6	282-284 Bunker Hill St., Charlestown	Fire gutted two 4-story brick and wood condo buildings.	Photos
7-22-2016	1923	6161	5	107-109 Chelsea St., East Boston	.
12-11-2016	0638	4161	6	142-144 Bunker Hill St., Charlestown	.
4-23-2017	0357	314	6	6/8/10 Marie St., Dorchester	.
6-28-2017	1432	3459	6	1971-1977 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester	Fire heavily damaged a 6-story apartment building under construction.	Video
1-6-2018	2208	3415	5	1-7 Allston St., Dorchester	Fire gutted two woodframe multi-floor dwellings; very cold night.	Photos
5-12-2018	0558	2883	6	1212-1214 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury	Fire destroyed a 3-story woodframe condo building.
10-27-2018	1516	1598	7	104-108 Hemenway St., Back Bay	Fire gutted a large 5-story brick apartment building.	Photos Pt. 1 Photos Pt. 2 Video
2-2-2019	0349	2168	6	113 Harold St., Roxbury	Fire destroyed the Holy Mount Zion Church
3-15-2019	1505	6243	9	1141 Bennington St., East Boston	Fire destroyed the New England Casket Co. plant/factory/warehouse.	Video Photos
6-15-2019	1643	3571	9	35-43 Old Morton St., Dorchester	.Fire destroyed 3 woodframe structures, threatened close-by dwellings
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