News

Adams Alumni Go Nuts for Newly Renovated House

News

A Better Cambridge Announces Endorsements in City Council Race, Giving Boost to Incumbents

News

HUA Kicks Off With Inaugural Meeting Under New Administration

News

Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions

News

Memorial Church Reduces Programming Amid University Budget Cuts

Flammable Liquid Spill Causes Brief Evacuation

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

A storage-room spill of a quart of flammable acetone caused an hour-long evacuation of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator building yesterday morning. Officials said no one was injured in the incident, which occurred on the fourth floor of the Oxford St. research laboratory.

After about 15 employees left the building, Cambridge firemen turned off power to avoid igniting the liquid, and cleaned up the acetone in 10 minutes. "Everything was quickly under control," Gari Gatwood, a Harvard safety engineer at the scene, said later.

Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

Tags