Some sort of electrical surge caused a fire that knocked out power around Harvard Yard last night, the Crimson reports. Every single member of the class of 2012, among others, had to flee::

... Around 9 p.m., Adams house residents were told by e-mail and word-of-mouth to exit the building immediately, and to go either spend the night in a friend's room or in suites that unaffected Quincy House had opened for blackout refugees.

But it took the University longer to alert the freshman class -- which was spread out at proctor meetings, in dark dorms, parents' hotel rooms, and elsewhere in Harvard Square -- that they'd have to spend the night elsewhere. ...

Earlier:
Flaming manholes of death in Harvard Square.