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Roof of MIT building on Mass. Ave. catches on fire

By adamg on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 3:14pm
282 Massachusetts Ave. on fire in Cambridge

282 Mass. Ave. fire. Photo by Paras Bhatia.

The roof of Random Hall, a four-story MIT building being renovated at 282 Mass. Ave. burst into flames around 3 p.m. The fire went to two alarms before being brought under control.

Han watched the smoke from across the river:

282 Massachusetts Ave. fire
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By KellyJMF on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:00pm.

Random Hall is a tiny dorm for ~100 students.
http://web.mit.edu/random-hall/www/about.shtml

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By Steeve on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:12pm.

I wonder if this is arson or if it's truly random.

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By Muerl on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:18pm.

since the website mentions a Grill on the roof, I think Occam's Razor is clear here.

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By J on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:25pm.

At least the alarm woke up anybody that was sleeping on my mixtape.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 7:48pm.

I know that MIT has been trying to close its older dorms, despite (or because of) their affordability to people who struggle financially and mess up their special 4-year stats, but ...

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By ACC on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 8:38pm.

Hell, rh was $96 / month when I started there in Fall '78.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:35pm.

It was something like $125 when I got there in '84, but hard to get into as a frosh.

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By Roman on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:39pm.

..oh nevermind. I already know the answer.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:56pm.

As an MIT alum, how do you feel about the administration attempting to close Senior House and other older dorms for tayloristic reasons?

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By Roman on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:24pm.

Chicken Scratch Tech for undergrad, remember?

Care to post a link so I at least know what you're referring to?

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By Norm Dudziak on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:52pm.

As the student Fire Marshall for Random Hall 1977-1981, I am not happy with this. Whoever is Fire Marshall now is not doing their job.

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By ACC on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 12:38am.

Thinking back, Norm did a damn good job making sure the place was still standing for four years (well, I was only there for three of them.) And it's somewhat amazing that it's *still* standing...

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By Steeve on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 10:17am.

"LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!" - Fire Marshall Bill

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By David Gray on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:46pm.

Wow...Random House is still in existence? It was opened when I was a student in the early 1970s as a temporary overflow facility. Apparently it is "temporary" in the same manner as a temporary tax!

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By David Gray on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:47pm.

Wow...Random House is still in existence? It was opened when I was a student in the early 1970s as a temporary overflow facility. Apparently it is "temporary" in the same manner as a temporary tax!

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By ACC on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 11:33pm.

Hall. Random Hall. Bennett Cerf got a bit peeved at the original name.

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By surprisefries on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 9:06am.

10 people evacuated, no injuries fortunately.

MIT news

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