On May 22, 1964, sixty-two years ago this week, a fire that broke out on a back porch in Dorchester. The Bellflower Street fire grew so fast and burned so intensely that it created its own weather, creating a literal firestorm and leaving the fire department struggling to contain it. Columns of smoke and flame licked the sky, while every available firefighter from Boston and over two dozen suburban towns raced to the scene to make a desperate stand. When the smoke cleared, 35 buildings had burned and 300 people were homeless.
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