Fire damages student housing at UMass exposure building, Amherst MA
Fire & ArsonA fire occurred at a building near Olympia Dr in Amherst, damaging a structure that houses UMass students. Many students cannot be rehoused there. Authorities requested the Red Cross to assist the displaced residents.
Audio|Source: Amherst Fire
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Transcript:
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the State Fire Marshal has been contacted and an update for you or correction on the resources that we have available.
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I've got Pelham Engine 1 at Central with one Amherst Firefighter.
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I've got Captain Valley with town-wide control and I've got A5 that cleared a detail returning to Central.
00:20
Command, receive.
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Command,
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receive.
00:39
Command, that line is over Hadley Flatter.
00:47
Seventy-nine, Belchertown A1.
00:52
Go ahead, Belchertown A1.
00:55
We're going to be clear of near Olympia Dr returning to staging area public assist only.
01:03
Belchertown A1 clear, with a lift-assist, returning to the staging area 2200.
01:15
Sound 9 from Olympia Command.
01:20
Go ahead, Olympia Command.
01:24
Yeah,
01:25
this building, exposure building is largely UMass students.
01:29
I've been advised by UMass.
01:30
They're not going to be able to house many, if any of them.
01:32
Can you contact the Red Cross, have them respond?
01:39
Exposure building housed mostly by UMass students unable to be rehoused.
01:44
Red Cross to be contacted at 2205.
01:47
Do you know how many people are displaced, sir?
01:51
Negative at this time but we'll work on getting a count.
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Location mentioned:
Near Olympia Dr, Amherst, MA 01002
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