Fire on Westminster displaces 10 residents
NBC12 News reports that a fire this past weekend at an apartment complex on Westminster Avenue has displaced 10 people, several with special needs. Flames broke out around 8 a.m. yesterday on Westminster Avenue and though the residents made it out safely, they say the blaze comes as a hard blow at Christmas. “I woke up this […]
NBC12 News reports that a fire this past weekend at an apartment complex on Westminster Avenue has displaced 10 people, several with special needs.
Flames broke out around 8 a.m. yesterday on Westminster Avenue and though the residents made it out safely, they say the blaze comes as a hard blow at Christmas.
“I woke up this morning with someone pounding on my door talking about there’s a fire upstairs,” said Cheryl Ridley, one of the victims displaced by the flames. She said the fires cost her Christmas dinner.
“I have 400 dollars worth of food in my fridge, and it just don’t make sense,” Ridley said.
Ridley also said says she’s been through this before.
“This is not my first fire, my other one was in the beginning of August, end of July in another part of the building,” Ridley said …
… Fire officials say they are still trying to figure out what sparked the blaze, but they say the fire was contained to one apartment. However, it was subsequent damage that left the entire building unlivable.
“The rest of them got water damage, which got down into the electrical circuits, which got down into the panel boxes,” said Richmond Fire Capt. Ross Anderson, “and that’s why we have to move everybody out – because they won’t have any electrical services.”
Richmond Behavioral Health Services is helping the five special-needs tenants who were displaced by the fire. The Red Cross is helping the other residents with food, clothing, and lodging.
Anyone wishing to help can make a donation to the Greater Richmond Red Cross by calling 780-2250.
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