Residents, including Jimmy Lacy, center, and his girlfriend Dayshena Thomas, right, at Alpine Motel Apartments after a fire left 6 dead and 13 injured at the downtown Las Vegas apartment building Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Alpine Motel Apartments resident Christina Farinella holds her dog Baby while Farinella checks into the Alpine Family Assistance Center at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Farinella has lived on the third floor of the apartments for five years, now displaced, was only able to take her dog, purse and the clothes she was wearing. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
Individuals check into the Alpine Family Assistance Center at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
A tearful Sandra Jones, Alpine Motel Apartments resident currently displaced, shares her experience escaping the fatal fire while waiting for services provided at the Alpine Family Assistance Center at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
Las Vegas City Ward 1 councilman Brian Knudsen, left, Las Vegas Fire Marshal Robert Nolan, center, and Ward 5 councilman Cedric Crear speak before a press conference at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The Dula Gymnasium hosts the Alpine Family Assistance Center for any of the families impacted by the fatal fire that occurred Dec. 21, 2019. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
Sandra Jones, 49, Alpine Motel Apartments resident currently displaced, shares her experience escaping the fatal fire while waiting for services provided at the Alpine Family Assistance Center at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
Alpine Motel Apartments resident Christina Farinella holds her dog Baby while Farinella waits to check into the Alpine Family Assistance Center at the Dula Gymnasium in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Farinella has lived on the third floor of the apartments for five years, now displaced, was only able to take her dog, purse and the clothes she was wearing. Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
A Las Vegas Fire & Rescue vehicle is parked outside the Alpine Motel Apartments on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A Las Vegas police remains parked outside of the Alpine Motel Apartments with crime tape still in place on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Alpine Motel Apartments resident Kelvin Salyers hugs co-owner Malinda Mier after a fire left 6 dead and 13 injured at the downtown Las Vegas apartment building Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Alpine Motel Apartments co-owner Malinda Mier cries telling the story of her maintenance man who may be among the dead after a fire left 6 dead and 13 injured at the downtown Las Vegas apartment building Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. Residents reported the man tried to kick the back stairway doors open to no avail. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
The number of fire victims assisted by the American Red Cross following Saturday’s deadly Alpine Motel Apartments fire has risen to 49, an official said.
Jennifer Sparks, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada, said the agency has now helped 40 adults and nine children displaced by the deadly fire in downtown Las Vegas early Saturday. An assistance center to help victims opened Monday morning at the Dula Gym, 441 E. Bonanza Road.
“The Red Cross will be available at the Family Assistance Center being set up by the City of Las Vegas government,” the Red Cross said on its Facebook page.
The number of people receiving assistance rose by 11 Sunday, Sparks said. Residents affected by the fire who have not yet received assistance can call 1-800-RED-CROSS or 855-891-7325.
At least three of the children impacted are Clark County School District officials.
Hollingsworth Elementary School on Monday began collecting, supplies and toys for three of its families displaced by the fire, according to an email from Principal Staca Sadie. Community members wishing to make a donation can make arrangements with the school’s community liaison, Dorothy Delgado.
Six people were killed and 13 were injured when smoke and flames engulfed the interior of the motel at 213 N. Ninth St. The fire started when most of the residents were sleeping. Five of the 13 injured were in critical condition, authorities said.
The fire was the deadliest blaze in city of Las Vegas history.
Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Aleksandra Appleton contributed to this report.
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