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Yesterday morning's two alarm fire, which gutted sections of the Varsity Club, has been placed under a "routine investigation" by the Fire Marshal's office, Deputy Chief William Crimmens of the Cambridge Fire Department reported last night...
Meanwhile, members of the Buildings and Grounds Department, the Fire Department, insurance investigators and members of the Band, which maintains its headquarters in the basement of the building, began the long job of inspection, cleanup and repair of the damage, estimated...
While the cause of the fire has not been determined by the Fire Marshal's office, Crimmens said that it definitely started at the foot of an emergency stairwell leading from the basement to the Club, working its way up through the stairwell, which acted as a chimney, to the roof. Fire damage was limited to the stairwell and a few adjoining rooms, but water damage was present throughout the entire building. The Union, which adjoins the building, was unhurt...
...Fire Department officials reported that the building had been subjected to a routine inspection Thursday, and was termed safe. Previously, both the Varsity Club and the Band had been admonished for storing rubbish in the stairwell, but the inspection report indicated that it had been removed...
First in command on the scene was Deputy Chief William Cremins, who directed firefighting until Cambridge Fire Chief Timothy F. White arrived. By 1 a.m. the blaze was under control...