The American Red Cross in Greater New York said it is helping 387 people after responding to 32 emergencies across the five boroughs between February 2 and February 8, more than double the number it assisted the week before.
In a disaster response summary released February 9, the organization said the largest single incident of the week was a fire on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx on February 2 that displaced 42 households totaling 131 individuals. The four-alarm blaze, which broke out around 12:20 a.m. at 1215 Grand Concourse, left dozens of residents homeless, with the Red Cross registering more than 100 displaced people at a nearby school. That fire accounted for the bulk of the 179 people the Red Cross said it helped across seven emergencies in the borough, which also included fires on Commonwealth Avenue, Stratford Avenue, Anderson Avenue, Parkview Avenue, Heath Avenue and Kingsland Avenue. The Anderson Avenue fire on February 5 affected eight households, or 26 people, according to the agency.







