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Firefighters respond to a house fire on Freeman Street Friday. The fire was extinguished by around 4:30 p.m and the cause is still unknown. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

House fire breaks out on Freeman Street behind Dexter Park, 2 firefighters injured

By Charlie Johnson March 28, 2025
Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a house fire on Freeman Street.

Fatal Allston fire caused by smoking materials

By Daily Free Press Admin May 5, 2013

Officials have identified careless disposal of smoking materials as the cause of the April 28 Allston house fire that killed a Boston University student and injured 15 others. The three-alarm fire at...

Allston blaze claims 1 BU student

By Daily Free Press Admin April 28, 2013

A three-alarm fire at 87 Linden St. in Allston Sunday morning killed a Boston University student and injured several other people, officials said. The student was identified as College of Arts and Sciences...

84 Linden St. remains undeveloped 1 year later

By Daily Free Press Admin January 23, 2013

The property that once housed a number of Boston University students looks very much the same as when it burned to the ground a year ago Wednesday — an undeveloped, burned-out hole in the ground. However, plans...

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