Community rallies around dozens displaced by Maryland condo building fire NBC4 Washington [Video]

More than 40 residents’ homes were damaged or destroyed by a fire in Clarksburg, Maryland, Saturday, and they’re getting by with help from the community.

Jala Carter, her fiancé and their four kids were home when fire ripped through their condo building about 8 a.m. She pulled the fire alarm, got her family out and alerted her neighbors.

“We grabbed our keys, stuff we saw, came to the side, and that’s when noticed the building was engulfed in flames,” she said. “It happened really fast.”

The fire happened after they had done their back-to-school shopping for the kids, and they only got some items out.

“One week before school, all the stuff we bought for them and school, like new shoes and book bags, everything’s just, like, gone,” said Elton Addisson. “But they’re still in high spirits. We took them to the Clarksburg Closet; they acted like they were at …