Boston Fire Department

Four people are without a place to stay following a fire at a multi-family home in the Roslindale section of Boston late Sunday night, according to the Boston Fire Department. Firefighters said that the fire broke out shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday night on the first floor of a home on Hyde Park Avenue. Crews were able to stop the…

Authorities say damages are estimated at $350,000.

Flames quickly engulfed a Dorchester multi-family home, trapping a man inside and injuring a Boston firefighter.

Firefighters battled a blaze in a house in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Wednesday morning.

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Firefighters in Boston battled a blaze Wednesday morning in Dorchester that displaced six people and three cats. The fire was on Weyanoke Street, and photos shared by the Boston Fire Department on social media showed big flames coming from the upper floors of what appears to be a residential building. Box 3462 in Dorchester is now a 3rd alarm at…

A Marshfield, Massachusetts, woman convicted earlier this month of second-degree murder in the 2021 stabbing of her Boston firefighter husband was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Christine Ricci, 49, was convicted Aug. 2 on charges of second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the Jan. 28, 2021, stabbing death of her husband, 51-year-old Michael Ricci,…

A woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2021 stabbing of her husband, a Boston firefighter. Michael Ricci, 51, was stabbed on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2021, on Moraine Street in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He was brought to South Shore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Christine Ricci, 49, was convicted Friday on charges of second-degree murder…

A major fire was burning in what appeared to be a pair of buildings in Boston’s Theater District Monday night. The Boston Fire Department shared images of the fire on Stuart Street, one block from the Boston Common at Boylston and Tremont streets. The burning buildings appeared to be the two townhouses that have been home to Jacob Wirth...

On a day the city came together to celebrate, Boston firefighters who work at the Back Bay station found little to cheer about after their cars were damaged and vandalized at Friday’s Celtics parade. “Pretty demoralizing and just frustrating and disappointing,” said Sam Dillon, president of Boston Firefighters Local 718. “They worked the parade all day, they get back to…

Boston police are investigating after parade-goers damaged vehicles belonging to firefighters at the Back Bay station.

The death of a young Boston firefighter has advocates calling for increased awareness for occupational cancer. Mat Troy, a Boston firefighter, lost his battle with cancer Wednesday. He was just 32 years old. Troy was diagnosed with the illness in September of 2022, but his positive attitude never changed, even during his final weeks in the hospital. “He was always…

Mat Troy, a 32-year-old Boston firefighter, lost his battle with cancer Wednesday.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected on Monday to veto budget cuts by the City Council that would reduce funding for the city’s police and fire departments. Last week, city councilors voted to reduce Wu’s recommended spending for the two departments. However, the Boston Herald reports that the mayor is planning on restoring the full funding — it’s not...

A fire displaced 15 people, including two children, in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood early Wednesday morning. The fire occurred at about 4:20 a.m. at 101 Northampton St., the Boston Fire Department said. When firefighters arrived at the scene, flames were showing from the third floor, according to fire officials. A resident was taken to the hospital, authorities said. Their condition wasn’t…

A woman has been arrested in a string of fires at businesses at an East Boston business plaza in the last few days. Genesis Hurtado, 26, was arrested Monday on suspicion of setting a fire at an AutoZone on Border Street that broke out earlier in the day, police said. Seat covers had been used to set fire inside the…

Boston firefighters caught the attention of a lot of people walking in Fenway Tuesday by jumping into freezing cold water. They were in special yellow suits practicing cold water rescues in the Muddy River, which runs into the Charles, while the water temperature was about 32 degrees. Around 150 Boston firefighters train every year, just in case a person or…

A SWAT team was called to a building on Fairlawn Avenue for a report of a person shooting at firefighters, police said, and a Boston fire official said they “couldn’t fight that fire until police actually controlled that scene.”

A person was arrested after shooting at Boston firefighters trying to put out a blaze at a building in Mattapan Saturday morning, officials said, leading to a long standoff as the fire burned.

There was a touching reunion Wednesday between a Boston firefighter and the family he saved — one decades in the making. It was just another day on the job for Boston firefighter Joe Gilmore when he braved the flames swallowing a Dorchester home 45 years ago and emerged with two frightened children. On the anniversary of that life-changing day, Silvia…

About 45 years after a Boston firefighter rescued two kids, they tracked him down to express their gratitude.