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Cambridge firemen arrived at the Lampoon Castle last night, responding to two false alarms warning of smoke and flames on the roof of the building.
The firemen found that the smoke was caused by a build-up of steam that sometimes plagues the steam-heated building.
At 7:43 p.m. the fire department sent three engine companies, two ladder trucks, one rescue truck and a deputy to the Castle. Five firemen, three of whom carried axes, went upstairs in the building to confirm that there was no fire.
This was not the first time the steam has built up to such an extent that it comes out of the "ears under the helmet of the Castle tower," Lampoon members said. But no one has ever mistaken this "occasional" happening for a fire, they added.
"Lampy was just letting off some steam after a long hard job doing the [People] parody," Lampoon member Stephanie J. Young '83 said.
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