My good friend ABEL BETANCOURT, girlfriend Haley Smith and her 3 kids lost almost everythIng in the fire at Oak Creek Apartments yesterday. Any kind of help or donation would be greatly appreciated!! On Monday, Abel Betancourt stood to the side of the action, watching with his hands behind his head as a team of firefighters sprayed his unit with water, vanquishing any semblance of flame that was left. Betancourt smelled smoke, he said, and quickly got his wife and children out of the apartment, a first-floor unit on the corner of the building. They grabbed clothes, food and a laptop as they ran out the front door. When Betancourt was assured his family was safe, he said he and a few other residents of the apartment complex began knocking on neighbors’ doors and kicking them in when there was no response. “Everybody got out pretty fast,” Betancourt said. “They got some stuff out like we did and took off.” Betancourt’s family did have renter’s insurance, but that wasn’t easing his mind. His unit is sure to have severe water and smoke damage, he said. “It’s horrible, especially on Labor Day, for something like this to happen,” Betancourt said. He’s hopeful, however, that not everything was lost.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 03:00:08 +0000
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