Several days after a Nov. 7 blaze at Olympia Place in Amherst, Massachusetts, was contained, union fire fighters are calling on town management to fully staff the department. The fire, which destroyed ...

A fire believed to have started around a wood stove in North Amherst on Tuesday has left two people without a home.

Two residents at a single-family home at 116 Bridge St. were displaced following a Tuesday afternoon fire that is believed to have been caused by the woodstove heating the residence, according to the ...

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 ...

THAN 24 HOURS. WHAT’S THE SITUATION NOW? THAT’S CORRECT. WELL, IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE HERE. FIRE CREWS REMAIN HERE AS WELL AS THAT SMOKE STILL BILLOWING HERE INTO THE SKY. AND AS I TALKED ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Amherst after a devastating fire displaced hundreds of UMass students this weekend. The town of Amherst on Saturday night asked residents to stop all ...

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 Amherst Fire Department reported an extremely high call volume on Halloween night, requiring significant assistance from mutual aid. According to a news release from ...