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Fire in 29 Garden St. Prompts Evacuation

By Jeffrey N. Gell

Residents of 29 Garden St. were evacuated for about 20 minutes early this morning when an overfilled washing machine caught fire and filled a third floor laundry room with smoke.

Acting Deputy Edward Rose of the Cambridge Fire Department said the dormitory's fire alarms were set off when a rubber belt on the machine ignited.

Nearly 200 students began streaming out of the building when the alarms sounded at about 12:35 a.m.

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