AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - More than 230 students, mostly from UMass Amherst, remain homeless tonight after a devastating fire Friday evening destroyed an apartment building on Olympia Drive in Amherst.

Western Mass News spoke with members of the Amherst community to ask what they have done to help those who have been affected.

One longtime Amherst resident, Meg Rosa, told us “I kind of quickly jumped on and started collecting clothes over this weekend from lots of people in this community. This community has been amazing... Everybody wants to do whatever they can to help. Everybody’s going through their clothes, finding clothes, washing them and sorting them and either bringing them to me or having me pick them up.”

She brought all of what she collected from fellow community members

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