PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Firefighters were battling a large blaze on North Street late Wednesday night.
The fire at 6 White Terrace was called in shortly before midnight as a structure fire and a third alarm was called in.
Smoke could be seen billowing from the upper floors of the four-story building that fronts on North Street not far from Berkshire Medical Center.
This fire appears to be in the middle section of the building. There's heavy smoke and flames can be seen coming out of windows, and the roof.
North Street was blocked off from at least Linden Street to White Terrace and a smoky haze covers the area.
The apartment building was the scene of a fire in 2017 on the north end of the three-structure complex. At least two dozen people had to be evacuated at that time and four people were treated at the hospital.
Fire Department officials were unable to comment at this time and the building is reportedly unoccupied.
Hinsdale Fire Department and its rehab bus are on the scene as are Lenox firefighters. Police are not allowing anyone close to the scene and visibility is low from smoke.
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Wahconah Students Join Statewide 'SOS' Call for Rural School Funding
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — Students at Wahconah Regional High School are urging the state to fully fund Rural School Aid that supports essential services that shape their future.
Rural districts across the state participated in Rural and Declining Enrollment Schools Week of Action to insist Beacon Hill fully fund rural aid at $60 million.
Wahconah students did something different — they created an educational video detailing the need for increased funding for rural schools with the school's music teacher Brian Rabuse, who edited the video, Assistant Superintendent Aaron Robb said.
The advocacy efforts move the issue from spreadsheets to show the human cost of a funding formula previously described as "remarkably wrong."
During an interview with iBerkshires, students expressed how districts without rural aid would have to make reductions in world language programing, mental health support, extracurricular opportunities, and other areas they find essential.
"Our students deserve the same quality of education as any child in Massachusetts, regardless of their ZIP code," Superintendent Mike Henault said in a press release.
"The week of action is an opportunity for our communities to come together and make it clear to Beacon Hill that the status quo is no longer acceptable."
Rural schools attempt to create the same quality education as urban and suburban areas while balancing high fixed costs of transportation and operations of geographically large, low-population districts.
Students at Wahconah Regional High School are urging the state to fully fund Rural School Aid that supports essential services that shape their future.
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