Huge Cambridge MA fire

[virgogal]

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Source: Boston Globe

10 alarms

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/03/firefighters-battle-five-alarm-blaze-cambridge/hUZTH51NSweZhDSUuOb5nL/story.html

[virgogal]

1. A very densely populated area

near Kendall

[Croney]

2. Yikes. I'm in North Cambridge and knew nothing about this until I read your post.

I hope there were no injuries.

[Warpy]

3. Seven buildings involved

WBZ has some decent coverage: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/12/03/cambridge-fire-berkshire-street/

I remember the area well, a mixture of wooden buildings among buildings with stone or brick facades and wooden interiors, like a lot of both Boston and Cambridge.

The first building went up like a rocket. I wonder if the workmen cracked a gas connection.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Ten alarms? Wow. I've seen a fire that was worth, IIRC, three alarms,

and that was impressive enough. This must be gigantic.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Your subject line doesn't match the headline of the article

"10-alarm fire raging in Cambridge, several buildings engulfed"

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Wow, that's really not that far from MIT.

Keep it away from the reactor, guys.

I'm guessing someone got careless with paint thinner or stripper -- something really energetic is feeding that fire.

[sheshe2]

7. Oh my gawd.

[MissB]

8. 10 freaking alarms.

Wow. Hope everyone is safe.

[In_The_Wind]

9. Locking

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