Food, kitchenware, firewood and money can be dropped off at the Thompson residence or the Tapaha residence, lots 89 and 103, of the rural community south of Sanders. Pete and Rula Curtis and their elementary and high school children were gone from their Primrose Lane home at the time. It is the second time their home has burned down. They lost everything except a few personal effects and the clothes on their backs. Neighbors are providing a small trailer, normally used for storage by Jerry and Glenna Thompson and their children, as temporary housing for the displaced family.
Extensions run from our house to the trailer to provide light and for cooking.
At a Toh Dah Sekei rural community meeting held Sunday additional assistance was arranged, but donations from the public also are needed, Thompson emphasized. According to Navajo police, a neighbor saw flames coming from a bedroom of the home about 15 minutes after seeing someone running away in the dark. The house was fully engulfed in flames before firefighters from the Puerco Valley Fire Department could get there, police said. Soon after that officers came across a stalled truck loaded with electronic and other equipment believed to be from the blackened home. Education Coordinator Allison Kozeliski said the program is in keeping with RMCH's focus on wellness during the coming year.