Here's how the Red Cross helps victims of fire

LAYTON — Workers at the American Red Cross are making their way through a long list of people impacted during the fire at Layton Meadows Apartments on Friday.

The building in the complex that caught fire was determined to be a total loss, leaving 37 people without a place to live.

The American Red Cross has already begun working with people who lived in 15 of the 24 units that burned down.

The help comes after victims follow a process, which starts with verifying their residence.

“We work with the family to be able to do the verification process, to ensure that the people who say they lived there, live there,” said Michael Smauldon, the executive director of the American Red Cross of northern Utah.

“After they are verified, we work to get them immediate assistance,” he said.

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