A Umass Amherst student is expected to face criminal charges after a fire caused damage to the dorm room and the building had to be evacuated. A 911 call from a person passing by the McNamara ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- A UMass Amherst student will be heading to court after a fire in a university dorm room. Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren said that a passerby called 911 to report ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A brush fire broke out near campus dorms at UMass Amherst Monday night. Fire officials said that the fire, which spanned approximately 1.1 acres in size, appears to be ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – On Sunday, Amherst fire crews were called to the Coolidge Dorm at UMass after a fire alarm activation. Shortly after 11 p.m., smoke was seen on the 20th floor, where the ...

MARTY. BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOUSING ON THE UMASS AMHERST CAMPUS. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DURING LAST YEAR’S SCHOOL YEAR. THAT’S, OF COURSE, A BIG ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A student from UMass Amherst is expected to face criminal charges after a fire was started inside a dorm room, which prompted a building evacuation. The town of Amherst ...

About 30 minutes later, everyone but those who lived in the room where the fire was could return to their rooms. The fire room is not habitable as of Thursday, the Amherst Fire Department stated.