Steam pipe ruptures at Kneeland Street plant, bringing firefighters for second time in less than two weeks

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters rushed to the ample steam works connected Kneeland Street adjacent South Station astir 9:45 a.m. to assistance woody with a ruptured steam works successful the structure.

On Oct. 4, firefighters responded to the plant, present owned by Vicinity Energy aft fires broke retired connected aggregate floors.

The plant, which went up successful 1928, generates steam that is pumped done underground pipes to companies and aesculapian facilities, which usage it for heat, blistery water, sterilization and adjacent cooling.