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Hazmat alarm investigated at MIT basement

Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
02:37
00:00
Three four in the Boston car respond over to building twelve.
audio iconFire & Arson
Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Emergency crews respond to a hazardous materials alarm in the basement of MIT Building 12. Initial meter readings show zero, and safety staff check the basement area while the building remains partially occupied with a localized evacuation for the basement. During the same radio traffic, officers are also sent to MIT Building 46 to look for a man who made a caller uncomfortable by asking personal questions near the entrance and then went upstairs inside the building.

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