Police/Fire

Two-Alarm Fire Damages Three Story Watertown Home

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A fire caused extensive damage to a three-family home on Spruce Street early Friday morning. 

No one was injured in the blaze which turned into a two-alarm fire reported at 1:24 a.m., according to information provided by Watertown Fire Chief Bob Quinn. The fire was ruled to be accidental caused by electrical wires. All the residents had evacuated by the time the Waterown Fire Department arrived at 1:33 a.m. A second alarm was called nine minutes after firefighters arrived, Quinn said. The third floor sustained extensive fire, smoke and water damage, and the first and second floors also had some fire, smoke and water damage

Police/Fire

Fire Destroys Several Vehicles at Watertown Auto Body Shop

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A late night fire at a Watertown auto body shop damaged nine vehicles to varying degrees. 

On Oct. 3, 2018, the Watertown Fire Department responded to a fire at Perfection Auto Body at 2:29 a.m.

Firefighters gained access to the business on Pleasant Street and found several vehicles ablaze and they put out the flames. The fire started in one vehicle and spread to eight others, according to a report from the Watertown Fire Department. It totaled or damaged nine vehicles, according to Watertown Police Sgt. Thomas Grady.

Arrests

Police Log: Car Catches Fire in Parking Garage, Strange Capsules Found in Boots from Target

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
April 23, 7:52 p.m.: Police responded to a call from the Arsenal Mall, and when officers arrived they found Marshall’s security guards holding a suspect. Security spotted the man take a pair of blue Nike sneakers off the shelf and put them on. Then he put his old sneakers in the box and placed it back on the shelf. The man left the store, and security stopped him.

Arrests

Police Log: Man Arrested on Third OUI Charge, Fire Starts in Basement of Home

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Feb. 1, 4:17 p.m.: A woman was stopped in Target after she was seen concealing items in her shopping carriage and then tried to leave the store without paying. She said she was planning to return the items but did not make an attempt to do so. The woman had 63 items of clothing, boots, cosmetics and an ice tea that, combined, were worth $1,187.60.

Fire

Fire at Newton Hotel Over Pike Causing Traffic Issues in Watertown, On the Pike

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Watertown Police are closing down Galen Street just outside Watertown Square due to a fire at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Newton Corner on Tuesday afternoon. Newton firefighters are fighting a two-alarm fire at the hotel, which is located above the Mass. Pike at Exit 17. Galen Street becomes Centre Street and heads right into the rotary that goes around the hotel. Just before 2 p.m., the Mass.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Frozen Pipe Leads to Fire, Tires on Two Vehicles Slashed

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Jan. 3, 8:51 a.m.: Police responded to a minor motor vehicle accident and when officers checked the licenses of the drivers involved they found that one of them had his license revoked and had a warrant for his arrest in Florida that had been issued in February 2017. The 26-year-old Allston man was arrested on a charge of driving with a revoked license and an out of state fugitive warrant from Florida for a probation violation. No one was injured in the accident.

Fire

Fire Damages Kitchen in Watertown’s Flaming Pit Restaurant

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A fire broke out in the kitchen of the recently opened Flaming Pit restaurant on Arsenal Street, Thursday evening, but Watertown Firefighters were able to stop the fire before it damaged the building. Employees were in the restaurant at 222 Arsenal Street when the fire started, shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 30. “The fire started in the hood above the cooking area,” said Watertown Deputy Fire Chief Dan Tardif. The flames spread through the restaurant’s duct work, and got up to the ducts on the roof, Tardif said.