Vacant Museum Building Burns In Boston

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY MUSEUM building burned yesterday. Fortunately, the building was vacant and was scheduled to be demolished, then replaced with a modern structure.

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A welder working on a nearby bridge accidentally started the fire when sparks from his torch dropped onto the roof. Because of the wind and tide, the fireboats were unable to approach it and the FD had difficulty getting a good angle of attack on it. The building was on a dock that extended out into the river.

The Boston Globe has the full STORY.

Firegeezer adds: This is a little off-topic but you can add it under “Why Johnny Can’t Write.” The story quotes a sixth-grade school teacher as saying: “The whole inside was totally infernal.” Arrrrgh!!

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