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Fire reported in air handling unit at MIT building, Cambridge MA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/12/2025 06:17 PM

Area 2/MIT, Cambridge, MA

According to the dispatch call, smoke and fire were reported in the air handling unit in the basement of MIT building E-60. Cambridge Fire Department is responding and managing the situation.

Audio|Heard on: MIT Police and EMS

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02:17

Transcript:

00:00

Mechanical room 017 and there is a lot of smoke.

00:05

There's a lot of smoke.

00:07

Mechanical room 017, smoke present in the room, Cambridge Fire to handle.

00:16

Control? Control answering.

00:23

Okay, that's going to be a fire in the air handling unit and it's contained and Cambridge fires handling it with facilities at the moment.

00:34

Roger, that fire in the air handler.

00:38

291 is going on.

00:41

Roger.

00:46

291. 291.

00:49

Do you know if I did to operate you?

00:55

Okay, we see it.

01:01

Pro 2, Strictor 3-4,

01:05

and the Easecar.

01:07

3-4. 3-4, Eastcar, can you head over to Building 10, Room 050, for we've had multiple door and motion alarm activations?

01:22

I'll take care of it.

01:23

If I look at the door open.

01:25

Roger.

01:30

Good night, he wanted to control.

01:33

Channel answering.

01:38

I've reported on SuperMotor and the air handler caught on fire extinguished.

01:47

They're ventilating now.

01:49

They're about six pieces of apparatus that came a fire off and they're bringing water in right now.

01:57

Roger. Roger.

02:03

We have facilities off there also.

02:07

Cambridge 5 rescues going into a copy-A handle open.

02:16

Roger that.

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