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CAMBRIDGE, MA — A massive, 10-alarm fire engulfed a Cambridge neighborhood near Kendall Square Saturday afternoon, injuring multiple first responders, damaging at least eight buildings and displacing 60 people or more, according to fire officials.
After more than five hours on the scene in Cambridge, officials said just before 8:30 p.m. the blaze was contained, although not yet under control. Shortly before 10 p.m., the Cambridge Fire Department posted on Twitter that firefighters remained "heavily engaged" with the fire.
"Operations will continue (through) the night," Cambridge Fire tweeted shortly after 10 p.m.
Ten alarms were ordered late in the afternoon, as darkness and smoke enveloped the neighborhood. More than 100 firefighters from at least 11 companies across the metro area were called to the scene Saturday, fighting on multiple fronts against fires that burned into the night. Police are asking the public to avoid the area around Berkshire and York streets.
One neighborhood resident, speaking Russian, said through a translator she was wheeled out of her house by her daughter.
"It happened so quickly and now our home is gone," she told Patch.