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10-alarm blaze ignites several buildings in U.S. state of Massachusetts

Xinhua, December 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Firefighters on Saturday are battling 10-alarm blaze which quickly ignited several buildings in Cambridge in the northeastern state of Massachusetts.

Cambridge police say four buildings were involved in the fast-moving fire, including one totally collapsed. Dozens of residents were evacuated. At least two had minor injures.

"It went up in a heartbeat. It was just raging... it was just going so fast. I've never seen anything like that," a resident, named Michael Workman, told the Boston Globe newspaper. Endit