Red Cross, fellow residents step up to help 56 displaced by Christmas Day fire in Palos Hills apartment building

Laura Rocha, one of the residents, said she, her partner, their dog, two tortoises and two turtles moved to the Green Tree Condominiums at the beginning of 2020. She and her boyfriend were out celebrating Christmas Eve at her mother’s house when the fire started, and were returning home about 3 a.m.