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.
Record knife amnesty results for Cambridgeshire
A weapons amnesty has seen a record-breaking 370 items handed into police.
Cambridge crowned busiest station in the East
The most and least used railway stations have been revealed with contrasting fortunes in Cambridgeshire.
20mph speed limit approved for Wicken
A 20mph zone has been greenlit for the small village of Wicken near Ely.
Regulators raise "serious" Cambridge Water concerns
Concerns have been raised about water supply in Cambridge and its risk to the environment.
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