The American Red Cross is helping one family -- two adults, two children -- after a fire on October 17 on Stadley Rough Road, Danbury. The Red Cross provided assistance to meet the family's immediate needs. Responders included: Leo Moerkens, Nastia Karpoukhina, and Bert Goff.
The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant; shaving supplies and other items a resident might not have been able to gather in the rush to escape the fire. In addition, a recovery envelope containing information helpful to families recovering from a fire, including tips on cleanup; notification of important contacts; dealing with damaged items and more was provided.
For more information about the Red Cross visit redcross.org and for information on our home fire preparedness campaign visit: http://www.redcross.org/ct/schedule-a-visit or call 1-877-287-3327 and press option 1.