On the evening of October 5, 2007, just as Dice K was taking the mound for game two of the playoffs, Boston dispatched Engine 22 and Tower Ladder 17 to the Sheraton Boston for the Central Station Alarm. As Ladder 17 was investigating, they found a smoke condition on floor 3 and asked Fire Alarm to Strike the Box. Box 1568 was struck as crews searched for the source of the fire. Companies traced the fire down to the kitchen on the second floor of the hotel. All companies went to work pulling ceilings and checking for fire. Evac Chief 5 ordered companies to clear the fire floor and the area above the kitchen on the third floor. The fire was brought under control within 30 minutes.

I got into this box pretty quickly and found a decent parking spot. As I was walking up to the scene, an extremely large explosion rocked the area, about 1 block from the Sheraton. To me it sounded like one of those large metal plates that utility companies use fell the 10th floor of a building. People began running from the area and police officers that were at the Sheraton began running down towards the source of the explosion. A box was struck for the explosion and crews found an electrical vault was the cause. Management inside the Hilton Hotel, adjacent to the electrical vault, reported that the entire building shook and the lights went out for a second and then came back on.