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Fire damages historic Boston building once home to Jacob Wirth Restaurant
A large fire ripped through a historic building Monday night near the Boston Common.
The fire occurred at about 10:45 p.m. on Stuart Street, the Boston Fire Department said. Part of that street remains shut down as crews remain on scene investigating the four-alarm fire.
The building was vacant and is under construction.
It was home to the Jacob Wirth Restaurant — an official Boston Landmark that had been the city’s second oldest continuously operating restaurant since 1868.
A fire in an upstairs apartment in 2018 had left the old German beer hall vacant, but in 2023, Royale Entertainment Group had begun construction to reopen the historic venue.
Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke says although the fire was tricky to attack, the water supply was good, the fire walls held and it helped that they knew the building was vacant.
“When the firefighters arrived, there was fire on all three floors. It was heavy fire. The chief went to a fourth-alarm right away, they went in the building initially to do an internal attack, and they had to pull them out because the fire was so intense. And they went to outside streams, they brought it from the outside,” said Burke.
The building to the right of it is also vacant, but the building to the left is a 30-story residential building.
Burke says everyone there was able to get out on their own and went to the nearby W Hotel.
The cause and origin of this fire remains under investigation.
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‘Demoralizing’: Firefighters’ vehicles damaged during Celtics parade
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 the fire house and they found their personal vehicles had been damaged and vandalized.”
Photos taken by the union show dozens of fans standing and sitting on these vehicles while the parade passed by on Friday. Other pictures show those same vehicles with damage to their hoods, roofs buckled in, and in one case, an apparent apology left on one vehicle.
“If you are truly sorry, reach out, make this right, and everyone can go their separate ways,” Dillon said.
“We were discouraged to learn of the damage to our firefighters’ vehicles during the parade,” Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke said in a statement. “Any personal property damage, not just to the firefighters’ property but any property, is unfortunate during a celebration such as the Celtics victory parade.”
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn said these firefighters deserve better.
“It was outrageous what happened, it was disrespectful to the Boston firefighters,” Flynn said. “When you come into Boston for an event you should behave, and act as if it is your own neighborhood, that didn’t happen with some people.”
At an event on Monday afternoon, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston Police are investigating.
“These are hard-working public servants of the city who were there to make sure everyone else was safe,” Wu said. “There is an ongoing investigation.”
