A crew boarded up windows on an Elkhart apartment building Thursday.
The place on Marion Street was the scene of an early morning fire the day before.
"What a good way to start Thanksgiving and Christmas coming along, and not having a home. It's really hurtful to know that you lost everything in a fire," resident Melissa Polk said.
Polk and her husband have lived there since 2015. She is one of 10 people the Red Cross is helping as the couple and two other families search for new homes.
The Elkhart Fire Department said five adults and four children were displaced when they responded. The call came in at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday.
"I just woke up to someone banging on my door saying it was a fire," resident Desirae Cato said.
Cato was able to get some of her belongings from her apartment. She said her unit was damaged, but not as severely as others.