While no residents were injured during the three-alarm blaze (four firefighters were treated for minor injuries), some 300 were left with no belongings nor a place to stay. Edgewood opened immediately that night, first as a place of refuge then later as a Red Cross-designated shelter.
The Red Cross is no longer at Edgewood, but the relief effort remains.
Volunteers from around the district Monday, Aug. 3, went through boxes of donated clothes in the Edgewood gym, sorting the clothes into stacks for men, women, boys and girls. The clothes, still being dropped off, come largely from individual community donors.
The clothing area will be open Aug. 4-6 and Aug. 10-12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for fire victims to “shop” for their families.

One corner of the gym on Monday was loaded with pallets of bottled water, diapers, personal supplies such as toothpaste and shampoo – donations that keep coming in the wake of last week’s fire.
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