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Chesapeake Beach officials, volunteers and businesses mobilize after Courtyards at Fishing Creek fire
Summary
After a large apartment fire at Courtyards at Fishing Creek displaced roughly 25 residents, town officials, volunteers, the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department and local businesses coordinated shelter, meals and donations; council recognized volunteers and private hosts and announced continued recovery work.
Mayor and council members praised a rapid, multilevel community response after a fire earlier this week at Courtyards at Fishing Creek that left dozens temporarily homeless.
Pastor Glenn Swanson of Bayside Baptist offered a prayer at the Nov. 20 meeting and told the council his church had raised about $20,000 to help displaced residents and was distributing gift cards, food and clothing. "We had people bringing food and water and coffee and clothing and... providing shelter," Swanson said.
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