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For the list of the individual neighborhood fire company emergency responses, go to: Fire Statistics.
Major fires during the year included an early morning 3-alarm fire in January in North Cambridge, which resulted in the death of one resident; a 2-alarm fire in April in a multi-residence on Broadway; a 2-alarm fire in October at a 6-story residential building on Concord Turnpike; and a 2 alarm fire on a cold December night in a large apartment building on Kirkland Street where one trapped person and a cat were rescued from a third floor apartment by firefighters via aerial ladder.
Additionally, Cambridge fire companies responded outside the city to assist our mutal aid communities 196 times in 2024.
Our "Class 1" Cambridge Fire Department has been faithfully protecting our city since 1832.
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