|
|
Article: Burning boat seen before warehouse fire Firefighter killed, 6 hurt in Charlestown
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 25, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
and Debbie Kong, Contributing Reporter
Contributing reporters Rick Dorsey, Shawn Terry and Taylor
Batten assisted in the preparation of this report.
Fire investigators are seeking a small boat seen ablaze at the end
of a Charlestown pier shortly before a warehouse on the pier
exploded into a nine-alarm fire that killed a fire lieutenant and
injured six other firefighters -- two critically.
Witnesses told fire officials that they saw a 14-foot runabout on
fire next to the pier before the pier and warehouse fire started at
12:30 a.m., according to Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve
MacDonald.
Fire Lt. Stephen F. Minehan, a 20-year veteran and Dorchester
father of four, died while ...