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 ...

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

At 11:23 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, the Amherst Fire Department (AFD) worked to extinguish a large apartment fire in the Olympia Oaks apartment complex, located behind Orchard Hill. Within a short ...

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 ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Amherst Fire Department has been awarded $22,090 in grants to support firefighter gear and education. The department says they will use the funds to replace about 30 face ...

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 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 ...