A construction site collapsed, and an apartment building was destroyed after a large fire near UMass Amherst's campus on Friday night.

It happened just after 8 p.m. on Olympia Drive when a building under construction caught fire. The Amherst Firefighters union, Local 1764, said it was "one of the largest fires our community has seen."

The Amherst Fire Department said that there were several explosions, "Likely from fuel tanks on the construction site," during the fire that caused the construction site and a nearby crane to collapse.

The fire then began to spread to nearby buildings, including an apartment building that had a lot of student renters from UMass Amherst. The apartment complex was destroyed, according to firefighters.

"It was really bad. The roof completely collapsed on fir

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