Disaster responders with the local chapter of the American Red Cross were dispatched to a home fire disaster on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at approximately 20:20 hours.in the 11500 block of SW Greenbjurg Road, Tigard, Or.

This Multi-Family fire affected 5 adults and 2 children.The Red Cross provided resources to help address the immediate basic needs of those affected, such as temporary housing, food, clothing comfort items including toiletry items. Additional resources and information about recovery services health and mental services were provided as needed.

Additional information about this incident if available, may be obtained through the first responding agencies/fire department.

The Red Cross in Oregon and Southwest Washington (Cascades Regions) helps an average of three families affected by home fire disasters every day.The Red Cross advocatyers emergency preparedness and offers the installationof free smoke allarms in our commumity. Residents can call 503-528-5783 or complete an online application by going to www.redcross.org/GetAnAlarm to schedule an appointment.