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Heard on: Middlesex MA Fire Dispatch Group Calls · 1/2/2026 04:52 PM
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Striking box 381 for near Howard Street with a report of burning rubber smell inside.
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The responses engine six, engine two, engine five, ladder three, ladder one, rescue one, squad two, division one.
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Burning odor reported inside Cambridge building

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of a burning rubber smell inside a building near Howard Street in Cambridge. Multiple units were dispatched to investigate the odor.

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Howard St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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