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Man dies; hundreds flee explosion at Cambridge tower

A woman was wheeled out of the Marriott Cambridge Hotel, which was a staging area for evacuees from a fire at One Broadway yesterday.
By John R. Ellement and Brian R. Ballou
Globe Staff / December 9, 2006

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CAMBRIDGE -- A transformer exploded in the basement of a 17-story office tower in Kendall Square yesterday, killing an NStar employee and leaving more than 100 of the building's 800 workers and visitors suffering from smoke inhalation. (Full article: 1166 words)

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