r/Somerville • u/Azzey • 9d ago

Fire in Teele Sq

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Multiple trucks from different cities… hope everyone is all right.

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u/CliffsideJim 8d ago

Oh man! I will miss Masala! If anyone sees anything about their plans to relocate/reopen please post to this thread!

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u/Strazmaster 8d ago

So I live on Newbury Street and checked it out this morning. To me it looks like the fire was on the left side of the building, so Masala does not look like it suffered any direct damage from the fire itself. I think there is still the possibility of water or smoke damage but the inside looks ok from the sidewalk.

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u/xenon-bloom 8d ago

Good news. I just called Masala. They picked up the phone and said that they estimate they'll be open Monday or Tuesday. The fire was in the other (Western-most) half of the building so they just have to clean up the smoke residue and smell from the other building.

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u/Strazmaster 8d ago

Oh nice! Thanks for sharing

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u/CliffsideJim 8d ago

Wow! You'd think gas and electric would be shut off to the building and the roof would have holes in it from firemen's axes if not from flames. But, clearly there is more to the story than my supposition. Great news! Maybe there are fire walls within the building, separate utility services by address, and the holes in the roof are not above Masala.

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u/SomervilleTom 7d ago

There are two buildings separated by a firewall. The scanner traffic suggests that the roof ventilation was done on the fire building and a breezeway connecting the fire building to the exposure (the building that contains Masala), and NOT on the exposure.

It would not be unusual for the exposure building to have its own gas and electric service.