Fire crews from multiple communities battled a huge fire in Amherst on Friday night that spread from an under-construction apartment building to other buildings and forced more than 200 people from their homes.

The fire at the Olympia Place apartment complex on Olympia Drive was reported around 8:15 p.m., when crews received multiple 911 calls reporting the building under construction was on fire, according to the Amherst Fire Department.

Arriving uints found the building fully involved and noticed fire spreading to nearby buildings.

Multiple explosions were reported during the fire, likely from fuel tanks on the construction site, and a construction crane collapsed. Officials say one of the buildings involved has partially collapsed.

Crews remain on scene Saturday morning.

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