DeKalb area agencies are coordinating relief efforts to the estimated 60 residents who lost their home due to an apartment fire Sunday. Here’s how to help, or where to go if you need help:

Update: An estimated 60 DeKalb residents were displaced Sunday night after a raging fire broke out at their apartment complex, leaving them without permanent housing days before Christmas. The City of DeKalb has condemned 1024 W. Hillcrest Drive.

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The heavily-charred remains of 1024 W. Hillcrest Drive sat roped off to residents and passersby Monday morning after the City of DeKalb condemned the building due to significant smoke, water and fire damage. A major apartment fire at the three-building residential complex displaced an estimated 60 residents days before Christmas, authorities said.

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Multiple DeKalb residents evacuated their apartments in the 1000 block of West Hillcrest Drive Sunday night as crews responded to a multi-building apartment fire. Authorities said they expect to remain on the scene for hours Sunday to fight the blaze and provide emergency aid to impacted families.

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