Beach Drive apartment-fire followups: Family’s request; firefighter’s condition

(Saturday photo courtesy of Michelle)
We’re following up today on the big fire that gutted a unit at a waterfront apartment building in the 3800 block of Beach Drive this past Saturday (WSB coverage here):

FIRE’S CAUSE: Seattle Fire spokesperson Kyle Moore tells WSB that investigators still have not determined how it started.

FIREFIGHTER’S CONDITION: As reported on Saturday, a firefighter had to go to the hospital Saturday for treatment of unspecified injuries. Moore says he was treated and released the same day.

FAMILY’S REQUEST: Kindhearted community members asked in comments here (and in the neighborhood) if they could do anything to help the family whose apartment was gutted. Patricia, who lived there with daughter Amanda, says there is ONE thing they do need help with:

Thank you so much for everyone’s concern and offers of help. We are truly blessed at the response of both friends and strangers to this disaster. We are doing well and have temporary housing, and mom has a permanent place coming up, but what is really needed right now is long-term housing for my 27-year-old daughter who was staying with me at the time of the fire and also lost absolutely everything. She works in West Seattle and needs a long-term, affordable place to live. If anybody has any ideas, that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you again for the outpouring of support… It means everything at a time like this! I can be reached at raisen@chico.com

The Red Cross was called in to help the family right after the fire; here’s an explanation of how that works.

Vincent Dakotah Langley December 1, 2014 (2:03 pm)

We have certain household items that we would surely be able to give to you, Amanda. We’ve been trying, anyway, to “downsize”, in our apartment-home, for really quite a long time now. Our situation is that we do not have transportation to take anything anywhere to give it (donate it) to someone and we don’t know anybody that would or might help us with this. If you could find me on the facebook website (Vincent Langley of the Seattle, Washington area — facebook doesn’t let anyone put on their facebook accounts anymore that they live in West Seattle, Washington), and private message me there (unless you would rather put it on my facebook Timeline, which is OK with me), I could then get back to you that way and give you a pretty good idea as to what we have, that we would be willing to give to you, to help you a little bit, to begin to get back on your feet again. I read about the fire. I’m surely glad and happy that you all are OK, at least — and the dogs there in the apartments, as well!!!

DBurns December 1, 2014 (4:08 pm)

So sorry for your loss. A loss like this affects you on so many levels. I have experienced it.
Please consider joining the popular West Seattle gifting groups on Facebook; the generosity is overwhelming. It’s a sensational community! You can post “ISO”s (In Search Of) for anything! Including the housing request. This community can really helpful and it’s definitely worth reaching out when you have time.
West Seattle Giving Tree
West Seattle Shares
West Seattle Buy Nothing (north or south)
All local free gifting sites
Best of luck to you!
Donna

WSB December 1, 2014 (4:57 pm)

Are any of those groups openly visible? On Facebook, which itself is a closed/walled environment, they appear to be hidden behind walls, and I have been told that at least some don’t even allow people to post URLs. WSB seems to be the last community-wide website fully open to participation, no walls, fully searchable, and I am hopeful that we’ll be able to continue offering a community-wide communication channel – TR