Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital clinic in Waltham evacuated because of car fire
WALTHAM – Part of a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic in Waltham was evacuated late Monday morning because of a car fire.
An Audi in the basement of the parking garage on Second Avenue caught fire and fumes seeped into the ventilation system. The Waltham Fire chief told reporters a couple of hundred patients and a couple of hundred staff were evacuated.
A hospital spokesperson told WBZ-TV the fire was put out quickly and no one was seriously hurt, but some patients had to reschedule their appointments. The fire department said two people had to go to a hospital, one for smoke inhalation, the other as a precaution because they were in surgery.
There’s no word yet on what caused the fire.
Waltham Police briefly shut down Second Avenue and Bear Hill Road for the cleanup and investigation.
According to its website, Mass General Waltham “provides adult primary care” and “medical and surgical services that do not require an overnight stay in a hospital.”
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