We are devastated to learn that at least 19 people were killed in a fire at Twin Parks North, an apartment building the in Bronx on January 9.  More than 60 people were injured, and more than 200 firefighters worked to contain the blaze.

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Fire officials are predicting that the number of fatalities will continue to climb.  Mayor Eric Adams said, the “numbers are horrific.”  There were victims on every floor of the 19-floor high rise, making it according to the mayor, “one of the worst fires we have witnessed during modern times.”

Families have been displaced and will face all of kinds of additional hardships.  Here are some of the ways the communities are mobilizing to help families affected.  Please help if you can:

• Anthony Avenue Garden Everything Drive.  Drop off: Monday, January 10 11-5PM at 2078 Anthony Avenue Bronx, NY 10457
• Take Back the Bronx Donation Collection DM or bring donations to Hunts Point Plaza and Bruckner Blvd on Saturday, January 15 3-5PM
• Red Cross Resource Center and Refuge Station, PS 391, 2190 Folin Street, Bronx NY.

• State Sen. Gustavo Rivera’s office – 2432 Grand Concourse, Suite 506

• Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia’s office – 2175C Jerome Ave.

• Councilmember Oswald Feliz’s office – 573 E. Fordham Rd.

• Bronx Borough Citywide Office – 1230 Zerega Ave.

•  Riverdale Jewish Center – 3700 Independence Ave.

•  Anthony Avenue Community Garden – 2078 Anthony Ave.

•  Community Board 10 – 3165 E. Tremont Ave.

• The Bronx Woodlawn Collective – 341 E. 235th St.

• SAR Academy – 655 W. 254th St.

• Gambian Youth Organization – 214 E. 181st St.

• Pelham Picture House – 175 Wolfs Ln. (Pelham)