Two days after a two-alarm fire engulfed a West Philadelphia apartment building and hurt two people, nearly two dozen residents are still without a home.
"I don't have a home," Christina Hill told NBC10 while in tears. "What are we going to do?"
Hill is one of the 66 residents who were displaced from the Chestnut Park Apartments.
The 5-story building, located at 62nd and Chestnut streets, went up in flames shortly around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
Crews, who got the blaze under control at 1:08 a.m. Friday, rescued several residents who were trapped by the heavy smoke and flames.
Officials transported two people, including a firefighter, to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where they are in stable condition.
PECO shut power off to the building -- causing about 10 other nearby homes to lose power.
The displaced residents received assistance from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Red Cross eventually closed the shelter it had set up Saturday night. Yet while residents who live on the west side of the complex were allowed to return, 22 families who live on the east side of the building, where the damage occurred, still can't go back.
"We're waiting for the property owner to come and tell us about some place safe for the families to relocate to," said Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes, CEO of the American Red Cross. "Until that happens the American Red Cross will be with those families. The landlord will address with them their options as far as other homes to live in. We're doing case work with each family to see what they need in terms of clothing."
Hill told NBC10 she and her neighbors were originally told their landlord would make other living arrangements by Saturday afternoon.
"I need some answers," Hill said. "I want answers! Realistic answers!"
NBC10 reached out to the building's manager Saturday but he declined to comment.
"As far as the manager's concerned, too many broken promises," said Richard Dunham, another displaced resident. "He kept saying he would be here. He hasn't showed up here."
As the wait continues, the anxiety grows for the displaced families.
"I'm homeless," Hill told NBC10. "I had a home! I want a home!"
