Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...

A test of the fire protection standpipe system at Nader Towers on Mitchell Street in Oneonta will be conducted Wednesday, Sept. 23, starting at about 8:45 a.m. The test may take much of the day to ...

Boston firefighters ran into trouble when they responded to a minor fire under a Red Line train at the MBTA’s Charles/MGH station on Thursday and found that they could not use a standpipe at the ...