[UPDATE] Overnight Fire Leaves 6 Port Chester Families Homeless

Six families living in a South Regent Street house in Port Chester are temporarily homeless this morning after an overnight fire, according to the American Red Cross.

A Red Cross spokesman said volunteers from the organization assisted at 24 residents of 241 S. Regent St. after a 12:30 a.m. fire affected the top floors of the multi-family home. No one was injured in the fire.

Affected were: 14 adults, nine children and a six-month-old baby.

Caroline Sherwin of the Red Cross said an emergency reception center was established at Corpus Christi Church in Port Chester, where Red Cross volunteers assisted the six families affected by the fire. Sherwin said five of the families needed emergency shelter and arrangements were made through the Red Cross.

All of the affected families, Sherwin said, received emergency food, clothing and storage assistance and efforts to work with the families are continuing. Red Cross volunteers reported that residents of the building left with just the clothes they were wearing.

Sherwin said Port Chester Police assisted the Red Cross in connecting with the affected families and village police also assisted in providing transportation to get the families to the emergency reception center.

For details on the fire, click here.

Wednesday into Thursday was a busy time for the Red Cross in Westchester. In addition to assisting the victims of the Port Chester fire, Red Cross volunteers are assisting families affected by an apartment building fire in Mount Vernon. In that incident, the Red Cross was helping 16 people from eight different families.