UMass Amherst Freshman Dorms

230 UMass Amherst students displaced

UMass students scramble for housing after Amherst complex destroyed by fire

Hundreds of students displaced by this weekend’s fire that destroyed a 72-unit apartment building have scattered, with some going back to their family homes, others crashing on friends’ couches and so...

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Displaced UMass Amherst students plan next steps after losing everything in blaze

WBUR · 15h

Large fire in Amherst displaces 200 plus, many UMass students

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Town of Amherst declares state of emergency as fire displaces more than 230 residents

The town of Amherst declared a state of emergency this weekend as firefighters continued efforts to contain a blaze that began burning through a housing complex Friday night.

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State of emergency declared in Amherst after massive fire displaces 230 residents

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State of emergency declared in Amherst after devastating fire displaces hundreds of UMass students

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Amherst fire serves as reminder about renter’s insurance benefits

A massive structure fire displaced 230 UMass Amherst students this past weekend, leaving most with nothing but the clothes on their backs and highlighting the importance of renter’s insurance.

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Olympia Place demolished after devastating fire

Three-alarm fire renders Olympia Place, an off-campus housing complex at UMass, uninhabitable, displacing over 220 UMass students.

Amherst Bulletin

‘No community can ever be prepared’: Olympia Place left in rubble after weekend inferno

A large pile of smoldering rubble and debris, which had once been Olympia Place apartments, an $18.5 million development housing 230 people, continued to be doused with water by Amherst firefighters throughout the day on Monday.