UMass students scramble for housing
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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.
Fire crews were called to a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex at 57 Olympia Drive in Amherst Friday night.
A word cloud generated from the poll responses highlights the most pressing issues facing the state, with "housing," "economy," "costs," and "living" emerging as the most significant concerns.
A state of emergency declared over the weekend after a massive fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, has been rescinded, and the Red Cross is continuing to work to help find housing for over 200 UMass Amherst students displaced by the blaze.
AMHERST — Firefighters continued Sunday to extinguish a massive blaze that destroyed a large apartment complex next to the University of Massachusetts while the 232 displaced people started replacing belongings and searching for new housing.