CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities diverted traffic at the Boston University Bridge for hours on Sunday after a fire broke out at an encampment under the structure, according to police.
Massachusetts State Police announced the bridge had been closed to all traffic around noontime “due to a fire at a homeless encampment on the Cambridge side.”
The Cambridge Fire Department said it had been responding to the encampment, where it appeared propane tanks were involved in the blaze.
At 12:45 p.m., officials said the majority of the heavy fire had been knocked down but that firefighters had been evacuated from the fire area as their response continued.
Cambridge FD later said no injuries were reported and that all ten people living in the encampment were safe and being assisted by the American Red Cross Massachusetts.
As investigators looked into what caused the fire, crews were cleared from the area around 2:30 p.m.
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