Cambridge school evacuated and then closed following small fire

CAMBRIDGE — A small fire forced some students from their school in Cambridge Tuesday morning.

The Cambridge Fire Department says the fire was in a closet at the Cambridgeport School on Elm Street.

The fire was extinguished, but school and MBTA buses were called in to shelter evacuated students while crews worked to clear the elementary school of smoke.

School was closed for the rest of the day.

Hampshire St is back open to traffic after school buses and @MBTA buses were called in to keep students warm after they had to evacuate their school. @CambridgeMAFire quickly put out a fire in a closet. The school is now closed for the rest of the day. pic.twitter.com/fpUU000pEu
— Kelly Sullivan (@ksullivannews) January 11, 2022