The Boston Fire Department reports it was not a good day on Lorna Road, near where Lorna and Doone Avenue intersect, shortly before 2:40 p.m.
While attacking fire at 68 Lorna Rd, companies are now standing over a major water main break which has Lorna Rd starting to buckle & is flooding homes & streets from 79 Lorna, down to Lena Terrace & across to W. Seldon.
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lorna/doone, really?
By Kokernutz
Thu, 09/14/2023 - 9:12pm
tasty
Named after the cookie, or the book?
By jmeltzer
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 5:41pm
Or, when was that part of Dot developed?
We are well prepared for
By Rwgfy
Thu, 09/14/2023 - 9:26pm
We are well prepared for press conferences.
There was also a water main
By _Sean
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 1:23am
There was also a water main break in the Fenway today.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/16inggp/f...
Would love to know why so many of our water mains seem to be breaking lately. Is it incompetent repair crews? Would love an investigation on this. It seems absurd (& costly) expense considering water mains should only break during sub-zero temperatures.
interesting
By Fenway Crank
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 10:25am
that both the Mattapan and Fenway water breaks coincided with the battling the fires. I wonder if drawing the extra water to battle of fires puts pressure on the mains.
Vague guess
By Tim Mc.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 7:18pm
When a water main turns a corner, there's extra strain on the pipe due to the water's acceleration (change of direction). Maybe when the flow rate is higher, or changes suddenly, it can be the last straw?
(There are supposed to be big concrete blocks to brace the pipe there, but pipes don't last forever and things might settle over time so that the block isn't supporting the pipe.)
Dunno how plausible this is, though.
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