Boston firefighters battling 5-alarm blaze at landmark building in Roxbury

BOSTON — Firefighters are battling a five-alarm blaze that broke out at a landmark building in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Monday morning.

There’s a large emergency response ongoing at the Edison Building at 72 Warren Avenue, according to the Boston Fire Department.

“Companies arrived at 72 Warren St with smoke showing,” the department wrote in a post on X. “Very quickly it has climbed to 5 alarms with all work being conducted from the exterior.”

Companies arrived to 72 Warren St with smoke showing. Very quickly it has climbed to 5 alarms with all work being conducted from the exterior. pic.twitter.com/2OsUZ7ZJRf
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 28, 2026

Video from the scene showed multiple ladder trucks and smoke billowing from the building as crews scrambled to knock down the fire.

Officials urged the public to avoid the Dudley Square area because emergency vehicles surrounded the entire block.

Shortly before 9 a.m., the department said operations at the two-story landmark building were “all outside work.”

Please avoid the Dudley area of Roxbury. Fire companies have the entire block surrounded with engines pumping to all the trucks with ladder pipes. The 2 story landmark building is now all outside work. pic.twitter.com/KKvwlHZYhr
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 28, 2026