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Nobody injured in fire in unoccupied downtown office tower
By adamg on Thu, 10/19/2023 - 9:49pm
Ladders up. Photo by BFD.
Boston firefighters responded around 7 p.m. to the 30th floor of Atlantic Wharf, 280 Congress St. for a fire that Live Boston reports started in an electrical box.
The Boston Fire Department reports there were no injuries in the unoccupied commercial tower of the mixed-use complex.
The department adds that elevators serving floors 16 to 31 have been shut because of flooding from water used to fight the fire. Elevators serving floors 2 to 15 remain operational.
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ummm
So why the ladders again?
So the firefighters can get
So the firefighters can get closer to the fire to fight the fire.
hoses
Isn't that what standpipes are for? ladders are 10 stories at best, and the report is an issue on the 30th floor. So what - climb up 10 stories and shoot water p the other 20?
Seems like something that should be fought internally - unless ladders go up anyway just in case 'something else' happens...
Good questions!
Ladders are a reassuring sight to the non-commercial residents. Call it fire fighting theater if you like.
The hollowed grounds of the
The hollowed grounds of the downtown Boston
Let me guess, someone paid
Let me guess, someone paid $20 million for that property and now it's worth $7 million.
Huh?
Huh?
I thought that address looked
I thought that address looked vaguely familiar- I was with Wellington Management there until I received the exciting promotion to unemployment rolls in June… along with a bunch of other “very lucky people”.