By adamg on Mon., 5/11/2026 - 11:38 am
Update: Eversource now reports more than 700 homes and businesses without power along Washington Street near the manhole.
Eversource reports that 148 homes and businesses lost power shortly before 11 a.m., in the area of Lila Road and Faulkner Hospital. Not long after, Boston firefighters responded to Washington Street on the other side of the Arboretum for a fire in an Eversource manhole, near the Tostado on the Roslindale/JP line.