BREAKING Woman charged with arson after fire on Mother's Day displaced more than 20 people in Camden
The brick walls of the building at the Myrtle Place Apartments off of Route 130 in Camden are mostly all that remain." were then able to get to the other units, go in other apartments, make sure everybody got out. So that's a blessing in the course of this tragedy," said Camden Fire Department Chief Michael Harper.Residents in the Myrtle Place Apartment "I" building say police had been called to their building earlier in the night for a domestic disturbance.
At least nine families were left without a home. The Red Cross provided families with a temporary place to stay as well as food. "I opened the door, I see smoke. I ran inside and got my mom out, my brother, started screaming and trying to get everybody out of the building, you know?" resident Nilsa Santiago said."That's what matters, the lives. Everything else is material. My mom is OK and everyone else. We didn't lose lives," Santiago said.
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