Six Red Cross responders who arrived on the scene of a fire at a senior apartment complex at 66 N. Debaun Avenue in Airmont, New York at 1:45 a.m., arranged for temporary overnight housing at a local hotel for 19 residents displaced by the fire. They also provided 9 people with emergency assistance for food. The fire, which was confined to the first floor apartment where it began, was said to be started by a cat that knocked over some candles.
NY Red Cross Provides Housing for 19 After Rockland County Fire
October 26, 2009 by nyredcross
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