Fires Across US Displace Dozens, Red Cross Responds

Multiple fires across the United States this week have displaced dozens of residents and prompted emergency aid efforts. In Fort Lauderdale, a fire left a family of six homeless, with the Red Cross providing support. Jacksonville's Riverbank Apartments fire displaced at least a dozen families, who are receiving emergency financial and mental health assistance from the Red Cross. In Mattoon, Illinois, six adults were displaced after a converted garage apartment was destroyed, with power shut off due to code violations. A fire in Visalia, California, spread across three homes, leaving ten people displaced and revealing marijuana cultivation materials at the scene; the cause remains under investigation. In Clarkston, at least five families were displaced and two people injured in an apartment fire, with relief efforts ongoing.