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Smoke mistaken for vehicle fire near Main St

Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Main Street at Osborne Street, if you can stand by for fire.
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Osborn St & Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to reports of a motor vehicle fire near Main Street and Osborn Street in Cambridge. The situation was later clarified as smoke coming from a sewer hole or steam pipe, not a vehicle fire. Police and firefighters managed traffic and verified that the area was safe. A separate call referenced a welfare check for a person at a nearby address.

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