Firefighters from around western Massachusetts are still on the scene of a three-alarm fire that began Friday night in the town of Amherst, destroying a building that provided off-campus housing to ...

AMHERST — A weekend fire that quickly burned one building to the ground and destroyed a second 72-apartment complex has reignited the long-debated concerns of understaffing at the town’s fire ...

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced a variety of immediate resources for students affected by the three-alarm fire that damaged an Olympia Place apartment complex late Friday night ...

A state of emergency declared over the weekend after a massive fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, has been rescinded, and the Red Cross is continuing to work to help find housing for over 200 UMass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fire that started Friday at an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst has now been contained, ...

A fire at a construction site next to off-campus housing for UMass-Amherst late Friday, Nov. 7, displaced more than 230 students. Firefighters used more than 1 million gallons of water to put out the ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Amherst Fire Department reported an extremely high call volume on Halloween night, requiring significant assistance from mutual aid. According to a news release from ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A fire at the Olympia Drive apartment complex near UMass Amherst last Friday left 236 people, mostly students, without homes and belongings. The town of Amherst is urging ...

Danielle Barton, a paramedic and firefighter for the Amherst Fire Department, is used to working when other people are celebrating. When she’s on duty for a holiday such as Thanksgiving, she always ...