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PORTLAND, Ore. – August 6 , 2006 – Eight American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter volunteers responded to a two-alarm fire in a Milwaukie apartment complex to provide immediate assistance to affected residents.

Clackamas Fire District #1 personnel responded to a multi-unit second alarm fire at the apartment complex on SE Roethe Street early Saturday morning.

Four units are uninhabitable and Red Cross responders are assisting seven adults and eight children with food, clothing, and temporary lodging. Red Cross client services caseworkers will continue to work with the families in the coming days to provide additional assistance as needed. Oregon Trail Chapter mental health personnel also responded to the fire scene.

The American Red Cross has helped people mobilize to help their neighbors for 125 years. Last year, victims of a record 72,883 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the nearly 1 million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 800 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost 4 million people give blood—the gift of life—through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. The Red Cross helps thousands of U.S. service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work.

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American Red Cross, Oregon Trail volunteers respond to house fires every 32 hours on average.
To assist the Red Cross in providing disaster relief, please call (503) 528-5634.
To prepare yourself and your family for fire or other disasters, go to www.redcross-pdx.org