By Jeremy Coumbes on May 17, 2021 at 5:03pm
Efforts are underway to help Beardstown residents who were displaced by a massive fire in an apartment complex Sunday night.
A GoFundMe account has been established to help residents of the Meyer Hotel Building that was gutted by fire last night.
Eight different Fire Departments from the surrounding area responded to a three-alarm fire at 601 East 4th Street at approximately 8:38 pm Sunday. Crews worked for over 12 hours to extinguish the blaze, with some hotspots and flareups reported over the mid-day.
According to a report by WAND-TV, the organizer of the GoFundMe page, Michelle Miller says 13 Beardstown residents lost their homes to the fire. She says funds raised by the effort will be used to help with such items as household needs, clothing, and government documents among others.