The fire caused major damage to three apartments and displaced approximately 20 to 25 residents who turned to Red Cross Emergency Services for assistance. The Red Cross arranged for three families, approximately 12 people, to stay at the Capri Motor Lodge in Hempstead both Saturday and Sunday nights. The Red Cross provided additional assistance by giving them food vouchers to use at various nearby merchants. Apartment building management housed those residents in vacant apartments. The Red Cross provides disaster assistance to victims of fires, storms, floods, hurricanes, and other occurrences.
Assistance is free and is made possible by financial contributions from the community.
The quickest, most effective way to help victims of this and other disasters is to make a financial contribution to the American Red Cross. Copyright 2000, The American National Red Cross. All Rights Reserved.