At Least 150 Students Displaced Overnight After Adams House Fire

At least 150 students were forced out of their dorm rooms for several hours after an early Sunday morning fire in Adams House, leaving many scrambling for a place to stay overnight.

The Cambridge Fire Department responded to a fire alarm in Randolph Hall at 2:11 a.m., and arrived to find smoke billowing from a fourth-floor window. Within 30 minutes, firefighters — alongside the Harvard University Police Department — had shut down part of Mount Auburn Street and raised a ladder to reach the room.

Firefighters removed a mattress from the room that caught fire…

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