Fire departments across Massachusetts are urging residents to clear snow from fire hydrants on their properties to ensure emergency access, and to also clear any blocked exhaust vents to prevent ...

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 ...

A driver is in serious condition after a crash involving their car and a tractor-trailer on Route 9 in Amherst.

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 ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – 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 ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The town of Amherst lifted the State of Emergency on Sunday evening, after a fire left over 200 residents without a home at an apartment complex on 57 Olympia Drive on Friday.

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 ...