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Fatal Fire: Person Died Trying To Get Personal Items Out Of Flames In Cummington Fatal Fire: Person Died Trying To Get Personal Items Out Of Flames In Cummington
Fatal Fire: Person Died Trying To Get Personal Items Out Of Flames In Cummington One person was killed and another seriously injured in an early morning fire on Friday, April 28, in Hampshire County, authorities said.  Cummington firefighters received a 911 call just after 5:30 a.m. to 9 Thayer Corner Road, where they found a two-story home completely engulfed in flames, the state fire marshal said.   A preliminary investigation showed that the two occupants escaped the fire, but one went back inside to retrieve personal items and did not make it back out, officials said.  The second victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Officials …

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by Josh Lanier
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Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass
Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass Hundreds of Massachusetts residents are now without power as wind gusts topping 50 mph whip through the region. A High Wind Warning is in effect until 4 p.m. Monday, March 29. As of around 10:30 a.m. on Monday, utility crews from Eversource were still working to repair dozens of outages that were impacting 2,766 of the company’s 220,386 customers in Western Massachusetts. An additional 71 customers were impacted in Central and Eastern Massachusetts, according to the company. The hardest-hit area was Becket, which reported 1,473 outages, impacting more than 75 percent of the company’…

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by Zak Failla