Couple displaced from Portage home following early morning house fire | SaltWire

An elderly couple was displaced from their Portage home following a fire that heavily damaged their wooden-farm house during the early hours of Nov. 19. FileSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — An elderly couple was displaced from their home after a fire damaged their Portage house on Saturday, Nov. 19.

The 1:30 a.m. fire heavily damaged an older wood-frame house on Rafferty Road, but there were no injuries. Canadian Red Cross volunteers are helping the couple with emergency lodging and purchases of basics like clothing and food. It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home. Our 100 journalists strive to inform and improve our East Coast communities by delivering impartial, high-impact, local journalism that provokes thought and action. Please consider joining us in this mission by becoming a member of the SaltWire Network and helping to make our communities better.

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