Red Cross helps local families affected by fire

The biggest disaster threat to American families isn’t floods, hurricanes or tornadoes; it’s fire.

The American Red Cross responds to a disaster every eight minutes and nearly all of these are home fires.

During the Month of May, 265 people were affected by house fires in Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla Counties.

The Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross responded with almost $7,300 worth of assistance in food, clothing and hotel accommodations for the families.

21 people have also been affected by fires in these counties during the month of June and the Red Cross provided an additional 2300 dollars in assistance for them.

The Red Cross said Duke Energy played a big role in helping local families with their support and contributions.

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