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Summer residents displaced by Random fire
A fire caused significant damage to the Random Hall roofdeck on June 21, and students were relocated to New House. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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Smoking litter caused Random roof deck fire
āImproper disposal of smoking materialā was the cause of the Random Hall fire this summer, wrote Jared and Laurie Berezin, Random Hall heads of house, in an email to the dormās social list. The heads of house suggested implementing a no-smoking policy on the roof, a policy already in place throughout the dorm.
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Cambridge fire forces 7 MIT affiliates out of their homes
A massive fire engulfed a large swath of an East Cambridge residential area Saturday, Dec. 3. The fireĀ damagedĀ 16 buildings around Berkshire St. and displacedĀ over 125 residents, a number of MIT students among them.