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Union fire fighters in Amherst, Massachusetts, are calling on town management to fully staff the department, after last week's blaze that destroyed an apartment building, displacing 232 people.

After rupturing his Achilles, Russell Samora, of Great Barrington, set out to test his recovery and resolve. 368,000 steps later, he knew what he was made of.

The Friday night fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, that destroyed a four story building under construction and an adjacent 75-unit apartment complex still wasn't fully extinguished by Sunday afternoon. In all, 230 UMass students and two others lost their housing, their belongings— but officials said no one was injured.

In Amherst, Massachusetts, 232 people were displaced after a fire started Friday night in an apartment complex, used as off campus housing for many UMass students.