Traffic & Transit

2-Alarm Fire In Cambridge

Columbia Street near Broadway is shut down as Cambridge firefighters work to put out a fire at a home there.

Fire officials said they got the call just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Fire officials said they got the call just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. (Noor Beckwith/ Courtesy)

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Columbia Street near Broadway is shut down as Cambridge firefighters work to put out a two-alarm fire at a home.

"Anticipate traffic delays in the area," police said on Twitter. "Officers are nearby directing traffic."

The fire appears to have broken out just after 10:30 Tuesday.

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A neighbor shared photos of flames coming from the back porch of the home.

Credit: Noor Beckwith

"Only a few months after another house burned down in this neighborhood," said Noor Beckwith on Twitter.

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