{"id":19097,"date":"2025-06-27T12:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/19097\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:58:13","slug":"relief-efforts-grow-after-fort-worth-apartment-fire-displaces-hundreds-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/19097\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief efforts grow after Fort Worth apartment fire displaces hundreds \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of people who live at Cooper Apartments in Fort Worth are still reeling after being forced out because of the smoke, fire, and water damage from Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Most of the damage from the six-alarm fire can be seen throughout building one<\/a>, located on the left side of the property.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that building one is not salvageable,\u201d Lauren Price said. Price has lived at the complex for a year and a half. \u201cBut for building two, we have no information and no timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Price said she started a community Facebook group for her neighbors displaced by the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope in creating the Facebook page was to have us bond together and share information because we’re getting mixed information from people. We’re not getting clear answers,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n

Price and dozens of other tenants at Cooper Apartments told NBC 5 their greatest concern is over the insurance policy allegedly required by management.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Previously), I had a policy that I’d carried for like six or seven years. I’ve been a renter for a long time. And they told me that I could no longer have that policy. I had to cancel it and pay a monthly fee to have their policy that was renters\u2019 insurance,\u201d Price said. \u201cAnd I pay $13 a month for that policy, and I have for my entire lease. And then today, still no answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person who asked to remain anonymous said in part, \u201cSo many of us were under the impression -because of how it was presented to us \u2013 that we had renters insurance because we were forced to pay for it under our lease. It was never explained that it was basically paying The Cooper for their structural insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBC 5 reached out to Lightbulb Capital Group. Over the phone, they confirmed they own The Cooper Apartments and would send a statement. As of Thursday afternoon, a statement had not been made available by the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would really like some clarity on not only the policy that we have but why there’s so much confusion,\u201d Price said. \u201cI don’t know where I’m gonna get any financial support to replace my things if I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Price is not alone. Many of her neighbors now navigate how to replace their essentials as they report to work and school.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for TCU\u2019s Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine, located across the street from the apartment fire, said more than 40 students were impacted.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur affected students need immediate support as they face the challenges of temporary relocation and replenishment of household items, clothing, and more,\u201d a spokesperson said. \u201cWe have set up a\u00a0Student Emergency Fund and any gift will move through an established process of oversight and equitable distribution to those in need.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to TCU, all funds raised will go directly to the students in need.<\/p>\n

Those wishing to make donations to the fund for TCU Burnett School of Medicine students can do so online.<\/a><\/p>\n

Others, like Immanuel Woodard and his family, said they are unsure what comes next for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have recently moved in May 16,\u201d Woodard said. \u201cOn Monday, I remember me and my mom, we were going to the DMV\u2026 I thank God that we were leaving the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodard\u2019s mom, NaKeesha and his two little sisters, ages six and there,e left with only the clothes on their backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a new resident at The Cooper,\u201d NaKeesha told NBC 5. \u201cIt was my three children and myself, fresh start from a negative situation\u2026 We left our previous situation with only clothes and (had) just purchased all new beds and furniture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the family has a one-night stay at a hotel and said they will have to rely on family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a really bad situation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The family is asking for help from the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything helps,\u201d NaKeesha said.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally just school supplies, shoes, maybe new shoes, clothes, really, that’s all I ask for,\u201d Woodard said.<\/p>\n

Woodard will start his senior year in August.<\/p>\n

To help the family directly, call 817-504-1919.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people who live at Cooper Apartments in Fort Worth are still reeling after being forced out…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-19097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114755450059799782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}