And while that recent history is troubling, the present moment is even more so for these 87 San Pedro residents. They lost everything, but NEMO will help them out with a handful of supplies until they can start to re-build their lives. We met with Minister Edmond Castro and his NEMO team in Ladyville this morning as they loaded their trucks with a cargo bound for San Pedro.
Hon. Edmond Castro, NEMO Minister
"I am sorry for the loss for those families affected on the island of San Pedro in the Boca Del Rio area. As NEMO responsibility, we were out there to assess the situation."
"NEMO has a standard basic package that we give to fire victims, some start-ups like mattresses. The number of persons will determine how many mattress you will 
receive, we will send food packs, we send a small table top stove, we send gas tanks, we send bedding and that kind of thing so we are sending for all 87 persons affected by that fire, yes 87 of them and many of them are renters so we are hoping that in the next couple of days some of them will find new places to rent and they will be able to get back on their feet and build their lives so until then we will continue to provide them with food packs and that kind of thing."
The supplies will be distributed among the affected families tomorrow morning on San Pedro. Most of the fire victims are staying at Hope Haven where they are receiving meals.
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