Eliot Blaze Attracts 7 Fire-Fighting Crews

A minor blaze in the incinerator chutes of the J and J entries of Eliot Houses attracted three engines, two hook and ladder crews, one rescue unit, and one fog truck from the Cambridge Fire Department at approximately 8:35 p.m. last night.

Fire fighters stood in the intense cold outside the looked Eliot courtyard gate, blocking Memorial Drive traffic for 15 minutes before they learned that the one alarm fire had been extinguished. The blaze did no damage, and no one knew how it began.