Red Cross assisting multiple families following separate house fires in Milwaukee
Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Wisconsin are assisting multiple families displaced following residential fires Friday and Saturday.
Friday's fire occurred at a home in the 1300 block of Ohio Avenue in the Morgandale neighborhood. A family of five were displaced, including a teenager and 3-year-old child, according to the Red Cross.
Deputy Chief Erich Roden with the Milwaukee Fire Department said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Saturday's fire occurred in the attic of a home in the 900 block of E. Center Street in the Riverwest neighborhood. The Red Cross said two families were displaced following that fire, including four adults, one child and a dog.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to Roden.
"Red Cross teams are providing for each of these families comfort, aid for emergency lodging and meals, and access to health and mental health resources," said Red Cross volunteer spokesperson Aubrey Dodd.
The Red Cross reports that so far in 2022, the organization has provided relief and care to 276 people affected by more than two residential home fires per day in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Dodd said this "is consistent with our busiest time of year for help after home fires."
Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS.
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