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Donations Requested for Mt. Pleasant Fire Victims

20080313-firemap.jpgD.C. COUNCIL MEMBER JIM GRAHAM is asking that people consider making donations to the hundreds of people displaced by a five-alarm blaze that devoured an apartment building in Mt. Pleasant overnight.

The Post's Debbi Wilgoren and Howard Schneider reported these details about the blaze earlier today:

Flames shot from the top half of the four-story structure at 3145 Mount Pleasant St. NW, starting shortly before midnight, city officials said. The building -- a rental apartment whose tenants had fought for years to force the owner to address numerous code violations -- was "probably going to be a total loss," fire department spokesman Alan Etter said.
According to a message Graham posted on the MountPleasantDC message board, no one was injured in the fire, and "the fire department's response was great and the water pressure was superb." Graham says the fire "affected six buildings, including the Meridian Hill Baptist Church."

According to Graham, Neighbors Consejo, a group that assists low-income immigrants, is taking food and clothing donations at 3118 16th St. NW. Those wishing more information can call Evar Sandoval at (202) 234-6855.

» GET MORE information about the fire, including video from the scene, from washingtonpost.com.

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  • I think there needs to be an update to this information

    the amount of donations that need to be brought forward will demand some serious organization

    families sizes should be known
    who needs what
    who has been given what

    it should not be a buffet grab bag of madness

    I am sure that people will be needing children's toys and household items
    but
    getting the right age toy to the right age child
    that takes organization for appropriate distribution

    by now there has to be more than one agency involved in getting things moving forward for these people

    By gwadzilla , Posted March 14, 2008 10:24 PM
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