In all, 232 people lost their housing and their belongings in the Friday night fire, but officials said no one was injured. Now, with the complete demolition of the structure, there won’t be any ...

This incident serves as a critical warning, as our town includes numerous high-occupancy structures housing vulnerable residents with complex mobility and health needs,” ...

The Amherst Fire Department is under investigation for its response to the Olympia Place fire, with the union pushing for ...

A state of emergency in Amherst has ended after the fire displacing 230 residents at an apartment complex has been contained.

A fire at the Olympia Drive apartment complex near UMass Amherst last Friday left 236 people, mostly students, without homes and belongings.

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 ...

On Friday, Nov. 7, a three-alarm fire took place at the Olympia Place apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts.

The Amherst Firefighters Union is calling for immediate action to increase staffing levels in the town’s fire department following a massive fire Friday night that destroyed an apartment building at ...

The Amherst Firefighters’ Union called on the town to increase staffing within the Amherst Fire Department. In a press release sent out on Wednesday, the union referred to last Friday’s fire as a ...

AMHERST, MASS. (WHDH) - New video shows fire tearing through an Amherst apartment building late Friday night. The fire department shared what crews saw when they arrived. More than 200 student from ...

Editor’s note: Read an updated story about the fire here. A three-alarm fire ripped through an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Friday night, according to ...