Several Camden families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by two massive industrial building fires this summer are getting some help from the city.
Mayor Dana Redd recently presented checks totaling $12,000 to the homeowners and renters. The money came from donations made to a relief fund set up shortly after the multialarm blazes occurred just days apart in June, reports the Courier Post.
Three families whose homes were destroyed received $1,750 each, five families who were burned out of their rental homes each got $750, while ten families whose homes received minor to moderate damage each got $300.
No one was seriously injured in the fires, which occurred in an abandoned factory and a vacant warehouse.
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