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 — Hundreds of students displaced by this weekend’s fire that destroyed a 72-unit apartment building have scattered, with some going back to their family homes, others crashing on friends’ ...

On Friday, Nov. 7, a three-alarm fire took place at the Olympia Place apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts. The building was deemed a safety hazard and has since been demolished, ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The town of Amherst lifted the State of Emergency on Sunday evening, after a fire displaced over 200 residents at an apartment complex on 57 Olympia Drive on Friday. According ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Fire officials in Massachusetts are emphasizing the importance of fire safety on college campuses this September, recognized as College Fire Safety Month, following a series of ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Amherst, Massachusetts, following the massive fire that destroyed a building housing more than 200 UMass-Amherst students. The declaration, which ensures the ...

A devastating fire Friday night, November 7, burned down Olympia Place, a large off-campus housing complex mainly used by students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst).

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – After being called to a report of a broken thermometer in Amherst, fire officials are urging residents to take serious precautions when handling mercury-containing devices and ...

An ambulance waits outside the Mullins Center during a concert on the UMass Amherst campus. Ambulances brought 30 patients from Amherst to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton during a four-hour ...