Snapshots from Tuesday Night

Before the transformer blew, Newbury Street's restaurant patios were filled with diners enjoying the remarkably balmy evening, even as smoke from the fire drifted by. When police cruisers announced over loudspeakers that the smoke was toxic, everyone abandoned their plates and headed indoors.

Here's smoke-filled Hereford Street as it's being taped off to keep people like me away from the fire:

And here's the Prudential tower in darkness, moments after the lights went out: