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Prayer vigil held for fire victims Friday

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Community members gathered in Middletown, Calif., on Friday, December 23, 2011, to show support for Jordan Armstrong and Kevin Hart, burned in a fire on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, in Hidden Valley Lake, Calif. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Holton.


 

 

 


MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A Friday evening prayer vigil in Middletown focused on bringing healing and help to two young men badly burned in a house fire on Tuesday.


Jordan Armstrong and friend Kevin Hart are being treated at UC Davis Medical Center in the wake of the fire, which destroyed Armstrong’s home at 18390 North Shore Drive in Hidden Valley Lake.


Several hours before the vigil on Friday, Hart emerged from a surgery in which doctors grafted skin onto his entire back and part of his head, according to the “Kevin’s Blood Drive” Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevins-Blood-Drive/303291886377820, which his family set up to offer updates on his condition.


Hart, whose family reported that he suffered burns over 80 percent of his body, had undergone surgery previously on Wednesday, in which skin grafts were performed on his hands, forearms, feet and a portion of his chest.


Armstrong suffered burns over 30 percent of his body, according to the “Please PRAY for Jordan Armstrong” Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/239085382830595/.


UC Davis officials reported Armstrong as being in “fair” condition on Thursday.


Both he and Hart are reported to be facing months of hospitalization and rehabilitation.


Hart, who has the O Positive blood type, is in need of blood transfusions, and his family is heading up a blood drive to make sure he has the supply he needs as he faces more surgeries in the months ahead.


The blood drive is through Blood Source, located at 3505 Industrial Drive, Santa Rosa, telephone 916-456-1500, www.bloodsource.org.


An effort is under way to bring a Blood Source mobile unit to the county to collect donations, friends said Friday.


A relief fund has been set up for Hart, Armstrong and their families at Silverado Credit Union, 1407 Main St., Suite 100, St Helena, CA 94574. Write “Account 509404” in the check’s memo area.


The Hidden Valley Community Church also is taking donations for Armstrong; checks can be sent to the Hidden Valley Community Church, P.O. Box 1049, Middletown, CA 95461, with “Jordan Armstrong” in the subject line.

 

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