Houston, TX- Branch staff are assisting families affected by a devastating fire in the St. Joseph apartment complex last June. The fire killed three children and left many without electricity for weeks. Staff recently visited the complex with donations of food, clothing, and other essential items and a case manager is available to assist with any ongoing needs.
An article featured on the front page of the Houston Chronicle highlighted some of the issues residents are still facing.
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Families still suffer from effects of fire
Power remains out after a June blaze at southeast condos that killed three children
By Mary Vuong
Houston Chronicle
Vu Dao is living in limbo.
He and his family fled their home after last month's deadly fire at the rundown St. Joseph Condominium in southeast Houston.
The blaze killed three young children. But it also devastated the families it left virtually homeless. The residents at St. Joseph are Vietnamese, many of them new and/or elderly immigrants ...
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The full text of the article can be found here [1].
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