20 Displaced From Women's And Children's Shelter
YUBA CITY (CBS13) - Twenty women and children were displaced from a domestic violence shelter in Yuba City last evening after a fire damaged the building they were being housed in.
The Yuba City Fire Department were dispatched out to the Casa De Esperanza shelter at 1:30am to fight the blaze. Executive Director of the shelter Marsha Krause-Taylor told CBS 13 that "the immediate needs of the 20 displaced persons were being attended too thanks to a very loving community. "
The fire took out the shelters emergency crisis line but the shelter has set up a temporary line to aid women in crisis. That number is 530-713-1288. At this time it is unknown when shelter administration will be allowed back into the building.
Krause-Taylor says the shelter will rebuild, that they "were in the process of finding a new facility, this will speed that process up."
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Anyone with information should contact the Yuba City Fire Department.
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