In the early hours of Nov. 15, Lakewood resident Jonathan Campos got the phone call no one wants to ever receive.

While he was traveling home after a trip, his mom, Gloria, called him in a panic. The family’s apartment – their home of 20 years – was on fire.

Campos and his family are among the 30 people displaced by a fire that tore through a Lakewood apartment building before sunrise on Nov. 15, sparked by an unattended space heater on a wooden deck. The fire damaged or destroyed all 10 units in the building, either by fire, water or smoke. One cat was killed in the fire.

The Campos’ apartment was destroyed by water from the fire in the unit above , and Gloria Campos managed to grab her purse and a pair of shoes as she escaped. Everything else in their home was destroyed.

“My mom

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