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Brush Hill Road, West Springfield, MA
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Community Rallies Around Animal Control Officer Who 'Lost Everything' To Fire
A city community is rallying around its Animal Control Officer after his home was destroyed in a 3-alarm fire. On Friday, Dec. 18, at around 7 p.m., Erik Velez came home from shopping and found his Lina Lane condo in West Springfield was on fire. He was able to save the people inside - his mother and partner - as well as his pet parrot Kwazii, but everything else is gone, according to a GoFundMe started by Jessecah Gower for Velez. The fire was part of a larger fire that swept through a condominium complex off Brush Hill Road on Friday. It was a 3-alarm fire. The condo complex has seven u…