The Vendome Hotel fire in Boston on June 17, 1972, remains the largest line-of-duty death toll in the city. Nine firefighters lost their lives fighting that blaze. The Boston Fire Department Friday ...

As we head into Father’s Day weekend, we are all looking ahead to the barbecues, the family gatherings, the funny cards and the best, most unique gifts that dads always seem to get. Whether you are ...

It happened suddenly, five stories of a 40-square-foot section of a building, gone. There at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth, with Yaz and the Red Sox playing a doubleheader against ...

Photos: The Hotel Vendome fire was Boston Fire Department’s deadliest call Nine firefighters lost their lives as a result of the four-alarm blaze on June 17, 1972. Fifty years later, here is a look ...

Fred Sullivan stood in complete darkness on the fourth floor of the Hotel Vendome, a rookie Boston firefighter waiting for orders as the remnants of a four-alarm fire were being extinguished at the ...

Retired Boston firefighter Charles Seaboyer once went out of his way to avoid Back Bay and the haunting memory of recovering the body of his pal and fellow jake Richard Magee, who was crushed to death ...

Firefighters today honored their fallen brothers 40 years after they were killed in the deadliest fire for firemen in the history of the Boston Fire Department. Forty years ago today a four-alarm fire ...