Police: Framingham Man Drives Through Road Block While Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm Blaze

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FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man, driving without a license, was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Friday for driving through a road block, while firefighters extinguished a second-alarm fire on Friday.

Framingham Police and Fire had a portion of Grant Street blocked for the 2nd alarm fire on Pond Street.

Yilan Shi, 22 of 55 Concord Street in Framingham, “drove around emergency vehicles, first responders, and over a fire hose to get through the closure,” said Framingham Police spokesperson Lt. Rachel Mickens.

“Shi was stopped by police and found to be operating without a license,” said Lt. Mickens.

He was placed under arrest at 3:31 a.m. on April 22.

He was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, defacing property, operating a motor vehicle with no inspection sticker, 2 counts of willful obstruction of an emergency vehicle.

There were no injuries, said Lt. Mikens.

“The fire hose was damaged,” said Lt. Mickens.

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