PITTSFIELD Dr. John Burnham, a retired internal medicine physician who served 33 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, retiring as lieutenant colonel, has been selected by the Berkshire
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Firefighters responded to a Von Nida Avenue structure fire Thursday morning that left one man with injuries. The Pittsfield Fire Department and the State Fire Marshal are investigating the cause of the structure fire that gutted a West Side home and resulted in uninhabitable damage and a man being taken to Berkshire Medical Center. The Fire Department responded to an alarm at 16 Von Nida Ave. at 5 a.m. and the fire took one hour to control. According to the media report, when command arrived on the scene they saw heavy fire showing from the first and second floor of the home and immediately requested a second alarm and to bring all on-duty members and apparatus to the scene.
The cause of the fire at 78 Linden St. is still under investigation. The second-floor incurred heavy fire, smoke and water damage; the first-floor apartment has moderate damage. The occupant of the second-floor apartment was able to flee the building and firefighters evacuated the person on the floor. The fire was reported at about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday. The report by Deputy Chief Matthew Noyes state three engines and Tower 2 responded. Upon arrival we found heavy fire showing from the second-floor windows on the AB side, B side, and BC side of the building, Noyes wrote. Command calls for a double alarm bring E6 and E2 to the scene. E3 made an aggressive interior attack knocking down the main body of fire. Primary and secondary searches completed, back up line, ventilation and overhaul operations were completed.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Danielle Harriott, a nursing student at Berkshire Community College (BCC) and a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) on the surgical floor at Berkshire Medical Center, has been selected as BCC s honoree for the Commonwealth s 29 Who Shine program. She will be honored on Thursday, May 13 at 2 pm by Governor Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education during a YouTube livestream event. Launched by the Commonwealth in 2011, 29 Who Shine recognizes 29 outstanding public college and university graduates. Each honoree shows exceptional promise as a future leader and has a strong record of academic achievement and civic engagement. But Amanda Davis, an adjunct nursing faculty member at BCC who mentors Danielle, said it was an easy choice to nominate her.