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Abandoned multi-family house on Columbia Road in Dorchester goes up in flames

By adamg on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 3:27pm
Fire on Columbia Road

Photo by BFD.

Boston firefighters responded to the house next to the KFC on Columbia Road in Edward Everett Square in Dorchester around 6:50 a.m. for what was quickly announced as a two-alarm fire.

Arriving firefighters saw heavy flames from the second floor and attic of the wooden, unoccupied building, the Boston Fire Department reports.

The department reports firefighters began attacking the fire from all four sides and from the roof of a neighboring house to keep the fire from spreading.

Part of the roof collapsed, and firefighters had to be careful to avoid getting hit by any of "the numerous slate tiles flying off the roof."

No injuries were reported.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Fire
Free tagging: 
Columbia Road
Edward Everett Square


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Comments

By anon on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 4:23pm.

Consider it very fortunate that none of the KFC parking lot campers that were inside were also casualties.

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By Rob on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 5:24pm.

I had been wondering about that house just the other day. The renovations seemed to be stalled for so long.

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By dvg on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 7:11pm.

I also go down this way regularly and have been wondering what's up with this. Per Streetview, this historic house has been boarded up since 2019. More recently it looked totaly abandoned and left open to the elements.

There was a for-sale sign on it for much of that time. I remember that they were showing some plans for additional development and asking for something like $4 million. This property has had a funny vibe to it for a while.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iGAgs5LBYKdSMdij6

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/683-Columbia-Rd_Dorche...

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By Rob on Mon, 12/09/2024 - 12:18am.

The adjacent house shares the lot and was renovated before work turned to this one (and stalled).
The next house along Columbia also got a facelift in the last few years - not a gut renovation though.

What about this house makes it historic?

By anon on Mon, 12/09/2024 - 8:16am.

They never finished the adjacent double tripper decker

By anon on Mon, 12/09/2024 - 12:54pm.

Ask Mr. Almonte over at 252 Austin Street in Hyde Park and Mr. Perez over at 26 Kathleen Lane in Norwood why they did nothing after they bought the abandoned and improperly secured firetrap back in 2018. Deed says they bought it in 2018 under the name of Northeast Aquisitions LLC. The last document of record was a UCC recorded with the Suffolk Registry of Deeds in February of 2024.