http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/03/boston-firefighters-knock-down-two-alarm-blaze-lounge/Rhd7LaxKRak14Lung3baHO/index.html
Boston firefighters are responding to a smoky, three-alarm transformer fire in a garage adjacent to the Back Bay Hilton. Boston officials warned people to avoid the area as the power went out in buildings in nearby streets; they also advised people to avoid inhaling the smoke that poured through the streets.
The fire was reported at 6:27 p.m. in the garage on Scotia Street, around the corner from the hotel. The building is separate from the hotel and houses two very large transformers. The fire was burning in a 115,000-volt transformer, the fire department said.
Firefighters encountered heavy smoke after responding and a second alarm was ordered, the fire department said. A third alarm was ordered as heavy fire appeared, the department said at about 7 p.m. in official tweets.
The department transmitted pictures of smoke and, later, flames pouring out of the vents in the wall of a building around the corner from the hotel.
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