GARDNER Firefighters from Gardner and three neighboring towns fought a two-alarm blaze in a vacant building into the wee hours of the morning Wednesday.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters were dispatched to a building fire at 163-165 Pine St., according to Fire Lt. Craig Osowski.

"Upon arrival, we found fire showing out of the basement in the rear of the building, extending all three floors on the porches," Lt. Osowski said. "All the fire was contained to the basement and the rear porches. The rest of the building received smoke damage."

A second alarm was immediately struck, bringing in mutual aid from Westminster, Winchendon and Hubbardston, Lt. Osowski said.

Because of the lay of the land, Lt. Osowski said, the residential building is two stories in the front and four in the back.

Lt. Osowski said firefighters had to deal with a steep hill to get to the back, as well as 3 feet of snow, to gain access. The last firetruck left the site at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Lt. Osowski said the fire is under investigation; firefighters do not believe the fire was caused intentionally. There were no injuries, he said.

Contact Craig S. Semon at craig.semon@telegram.com. Follow him on Twitter @CraigSemon

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Patrols have been stepped up after sneak thieves targeted homes on a Stockport street searching for unlocked doors.

The burglaries happened on Hillcrest Road, Offerton, between Sunday (February 28) at 9.30pm and 12.30pm the following day.

Residents woke on Monday to discover their homes had fallen victim.

One had a coat and clothes worth a total of 600 taken, another had boots valued at 150, pet accessories and 2 in cash stolen.

At least two other homes or sheds were targeted but the thieves were unable to find anything to steal.

Inspector Steve Gilbertson, from Stockport police, said officers had been giving the area extra attention.

He added: "People can leave things in the porch that individually may not be worth that much but can soon add up.

"We have four victims of crime on the same street so we want to raise awareness that there are people who will take a chance and be opportunistic, taking what they can."

Another warning has been issued after two houses on Broadway, in Bramhall, were also targeted.

A thief sneaked into a home on Wednesday (February 25) at 11.15am and took the keys to a blue Ford Sirocco before escaping in it.

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When the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport closed 16 years ago, leaving open 700 acres of real estate close to the Austin city center, developers saw the perfect for a planned community. In 2007, construction began on the Mueller Community, which many now hold as a model of modern master-planning in the new urbanism vein; transit-oriented yet focused on the needs of pedestrians. A recent installment in NPR's cities project highlights what else Mueller may be getting right.

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Greg Weaver, Mueller project manager with Catellus Development, spoke with NPR about the theories behind the community. Instead of taking the shape of an expansive grid, Mueller is purposefully dense, with small yards and large front porches. Garages are at the back of houses, which further downplays the primacy of cars. But Weaver insists Mueller isn't too utopic:

"I mean, the whole idea of porches is a bit of a cliche, but it works," Adams continues, speaking from the back deck of his home in Mueller. "People are on their porches, people know their neighbors. It's a very convivial place."

A research team at Texas A&M University polled Mueller residents and proved Weaver's vision might really be working: residents spend an average of 90 fewer minutes a week in their cars, and report increased levels of physical activity, decreased use of electricity, and even more friends. Alexa Carrasco

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A fast-moving four-alarm fire torched the rear porches of a three-story apartment building in Dorchester tonight, forcing a crowd of frightened residents out into the cold and leaving about 30 people homeless, a fire official said.

First arriving crews had heavy fire on the rear porches and so they went to the second alarm, and rapidly went to a third and a fourth, Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. It just rolled sideways across the porches, which were all wooden.

Boston firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a porch fire on Washington Street at 7:05 p.m., MacDonald said.

Three brick buildings, which housed nine apartments, suffered an estimated $750,000 in damage, he said.

The fire was extinguished shortly before 8 p.m.. There were no reported injuries and about 30 people were displaced as a result of the fire, MacDonald said.

Fire officials are still investigating what sparked the blaze.

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A fast-moving four-alarm fire torched the rear porches of a three-story apartment building in Dorchester tonight, forcing a crowd of frightened residents out into the cold and leaving about 30 people homeless, a fire official said.

First arriving crews had heavy fire on the rear porches and so they went to the second alarm, and rapidly went to a third and a fourth, Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. It just rolled sideways across the porches, which were all wooden.

Boston firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a porch fire on Washington Street at 7:05 p.m., MacDonald said.

Three brick buildings, which housed nine apartments, suffered an estimated $750,000 in damage, he said.

The fire was extinguished shortly before 8 p.m.. There were no reported injuries and about 30 people were displaced as a result of the fire, MacDonald said.

Fire officials are still investigating what sparked the blaze.

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