The Hollywood Fire Department is lending a hand to a family who lost everything in a Jan. 6th apartment fire.
The Valez family escaped the blaze safely, but their home and everything inside of it was a total loss. But the firefighters who responded to the fire couldn’t just walk away after putting out the flames.
“I remember the apartment being small and a total loss — everything in it was completely ruined, burnt,” firefighter Peter Falk told 7 News.
The Hollywood Fire Department raised $15,000 to help the Valez family get their lives back on track.
Firefighters presented the Valez family with the money, Thursday night.
“Thank God for the fire department — they helped a lot, a lot,” said German Valez.
“We start again, but we are happy now because we are together and my kids are OK,” said Lourdes Valez.