Operations & Training

Crews Fight Raging Fire at Abandoned MA Naval Air Base

March 27, 2020

A massive blaze at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station had firefighters trying to put out flames that had spread to multiple buildings on the defunct military base.

By Michael Bonner

Source MassLive.com, Springfield, Mass.

Firefighters battle a raging blaze at the former South Weymouth, MA, Naval Air Station early Friday.

Firefighters in Weymouth are battling a blaze at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, according Boston 25.

Video from the scene showed heavy smoke and flames ripping through the roof of the abandoned building. Boston 25 also reported the fire has spread to multiple buildings on the former military base.

Construction of naval base began in September of 1941, according to the Navy’s Base Realignment and Closure Program Management Office. A second hangar made of timber was constructed in 1943. At one time, the base consumed more than 1,200 acres.

The base was closed in 1995, according to the realignment and closure program.

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