May 2, 2008 Electrical fire breaks out in Harvard Square Play video

(NECN: Latoyia Edwards, Cambridge, Mass.) - An electrical fire, that broke out early Friday morning, near the intersection of Dunster Street and Massachusetts Avenue, has left hundreds of people without power -- and a portion of Harvard Square has been closed to traffic.

A Cambridge fire department spokesman said Harvard University's Holyoke Center, which includes a student health care center, was evacuated early Friday due to the fire.

NStar spokeswoman Margaret Norton says about 700 customers in the area were without electricity as a result of the situation.

Norton says the fire resulted from a cable malfunction, but it was too early to determine the exact cause.

A dispatcher for the MBTA says Red Line subway service through Harvard Square is not being affected by the fire, but three bus routes are being diverted.

No injuries have been reported.

*Material from the Associated Press used in this report*