The fire appears to have been caused when a fireplace blaze ignited nearby wall boards. Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] HATFIELD, MA – Robert Zapka stood yesterday morning in front of what was left of the Chestnut Street home his father built 35 years ago. “I’m in shock. […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WILLIAMSBURG, MA – A fire that started around a wood stove quickly consumed a three-story home on Nash Hill Road on Saturday, displacing an elderly couple and their disabled son. The family’s home was uninsured. According to another son, Tobias Rice of Goshen, his father, […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) BY SEAN REAGAN Staff writer WORTHINGTON, MA – A Worthington family lost their home Monday morning when a fast-moving fire engulfed the house in flames leaving nothing but charred wreckage by noon. The fire started in Marian Welch’s soap-making room where she said she was melting wax to make candles. […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WORTHINGTON, MA – Lightning kept firefighters on the go Thursday afternoon as they responded to damage from back-to-back strikes. Firefighters were finishing up at 301 Dingle Road – where a lightning strike caused approximately $1,000 of damage to household appliances, they estimated, when a Hilltown […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WESTHAMPTON, MA – A Pine Island Lake resident whose home was heavily damaged by a blaze Feb. 19 is asking questions about how the fire was battled and the treatment he said he received from volunteers. S. Michael Figarsky is one of a dozen full-time […]
By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WESTHAMPTON, MA – Contending with a lack of available water, firefighters from six departments had to shuttle water from a hydrant at Hampshire Regional High School to put out a fire Thursday morning that displaced a man from his Pine Island Road home. The fire, reported at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, devoured […]
Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) SOUTHAMPTON, MA – Fire damaged a detached garage next to a home at 41 Cold Spring Road yesterday, the fire chief said. The homeowners were burning brush in their backyard when a passerby noticed smoke coming from the garage and called 911 at 2:20 p.m., said Southampton Fire Chief Robert […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – A family sugar house on Bug Hill Road was destroyed by fire last night. Fire Chief Douglas M. Field said no one was injured in the blaze. A home only three feet away was in jeopardy, but firefighters were able to keep it from burning, he said. The […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: FRED CONTRADA WESTHAMPTON, MA – A woodstove fire that got out of control destroyed a workshop in a remote part of town yesterday. Fire departments from Chesterfield, Williamsburg and Goshen joined Westhampton firefighters in responding to the blaze at 195 King’s Highway. The address is in a sparsely developed neighborhood on […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: JACQUELINE WALSH WORTHINGTON, MA – Firefighters were able to save a man’s Model A car yesterday morning, but could not prevent his 113 Sam Hill Road home from burning to the ground. Chief Richard F. Granger said that flames were issuing from the roof of the home of Peter Bates, 70, […]