Wood Stove Chimney Fire Destroys Savoy Home

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SAVOY, Mass. — On Friday, Oct. 20, around 12:15 p.m. the Savoy Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire near Tannery Road.
 
According to a statement released by the Savoy Volunteer Fire Department upon arrival the over 150-year-old structure was fully engulfed in flames.
 
Departments from Cheshire, Adams, Windsor and Florida were called. The Northern Berkshire Tanker task force was also called because no water source was immediately available.
 
The Savoy Volunteer Fire Department determined that the cause of the fire was a chimney fire in a wood stove quickly that spread into the structure's walls.
 
The fire resulted in a total loss of the home that had to be torn down by an excavator in order to fully extinguish the fire.
 
One person was displaced from the fire and is being helped by the Red Cross. 
 

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Greylock 14U Softball Team Tops Dalton

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Greylock Thunder 14-and-under travel softball team Saturday ended pool play in its Summer Storm Tournament just like it began pool play on Friday: with a win over Berkshire County rival.
 
Genevieve Lagess went 2-for-2 with a pair of triples and scored three times, and the Thunder overcame an early deficit to take a 13-9 win over Dalton in the pool play finale on Francis Millard Field.
 
On Sunday morning, the eight teams in the tournament will be seeded for the 10 a.m. quarter-final round.
 
The four survivors move on to a pair of 1:30 p.m. semi-finals with the title game scheduled for about 3:30 p.m.
 
The Thunder, which beat the Berkshire Force on Friday night, started its Saturday with an 8-3 loss to the South Troy Dodgers.
 
Then it started its third game of the tournament with a 3-0 lead after Lagess tripled and scored on a wild pitch in the first and Marlee Arnhold and Sadie Stuebner scored in the second.
 
But Dalton battled back in the bottom of the second.
 
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