Steam plant catches fire

The Boston Fire Department reports that firefighters who responded to an alarm astatine the Veolia steam works astatine 165 Kneeland St. astir 7:30 p.m. recovered occurrence connected aggregate floors successful the eight-story plant.

The fire, which went to 2 alarms, caused nary injuries and is present nether investigation, the section says.

Steam from the works travels done pipes nether downtown streets to vigor older buildings.

City records amusement the works archetypal came online successful 1928.

It's presently assessed astatine $10.8 million, down from $11.5 cardinal successful 2019. In a tax decision successful September of that year, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the plant, smaller plants connected Scotia Street and successful Kendall Square successful Cambridge and each the pipes that link them to lawsuit buildings are portion of a "great integral machine," and truthful exempt from definite taxes nether authorities instrumentality and rulings dating to the 1860s.