A fire department, like an insurance policy, can be easy to ignore, especially during times of good fortune. But Amherst’s chronically understaffed fire department was exposed by the Olympia Drive ...

Fire officials are still searching for the cause of a massive fire in Amherst last week that left more than 200<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The Amherst Fire Department is under investigation for its response to the Olympia Place fire, with the union pushing for more staff to ensure the safety of firefighters.

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 ...

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

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 department. The ...

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 ...

On Nov. 7, a three-alarm fire tore through the privately owned Olympia Place apartment complex across the street from the ...

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 ...

Many of Amherst’s career firefighters, joined by those on the call and student forces, emergency dispatchers and others in ...

Fire crews were in the final stages on Sunday morning of putting out a massive fire that started Friday night at an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “We ...