Four engines from Cambridge, Linton and Cottenham were called to a fire in a room at the YMCA in Gonville Place.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reels to extinguish the fire and a positive pressure ventilation fan to clear the smoke from the building.
Residents were evacuated before crews arrived and the fire started in a ground-floor room in the multi-storey building.
Cambridge Botanic Garden welcomes last moonflower bloom of 2024
The rare cactus in Cambridge had multiple blooms for the first time in 2024.
Voters in Chesterton forced to use back of a car
Ballots were cast in a car in Chesterton because the polling station was locked.
What to know ahead of the 2024 local election
Three sets of local elections are taking place in Cambridgeshire on Thursday 2 May 2024.
At least seven Cambridge United players to leave this summer
Cambridge United has confirmed its retained list at the end of the 2023/24 season.
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