Blaze Levels E. Cambridge Warehouse

Approximately 120 firefighters from area fire departments yesterday responded to a blaze that levelled an abandoned warehouse near the Lechmere department store in East Cambridge.

The warehouse, a one-story, 100-by-25-foot wooden structure on O'Brien Highway Rear, belonged to the state-run railroad and was eventually going to be torn down, fire officials said. The building was about "three-quarters" destroyed, according to Michael E. Kuhn, deputy chief of the Cambridge Fire Department.

No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, according to officials and firefighters at the scene. They said they were unsure how the fire, smoke from which could be seen as far away as Cambridge Common, had started.

Approximately 30 fire engines were sent from the Boston, Cambridge and Somerville fire departments after they received calls at about 2 p.m. yesterday, said Thomas P. Stack, deputy chief of the Cambridge Fire Department.

Cambridge sent more than 10 fire engines and 35 firefighters according to city fire officials