WASHINGTON 鈥� A Washington Redskins Marching Band leader was displaced from his home after a fire broke out in his apartment complex in Manassas, Virginia.
Tony Cardenas, his wife and son woke to smoke alarms the night of Saturday, June 11, . The fire had begun in a neighboring apartment.
After quickly getting dressed and grabbing a few belongings, Cardenas said they made it out of the apartment safely.
Eighteen units in the apartment building were destroyed, NBC Washington reported. Cardenas and his family are living in a hotel, having lost nearly everything.
A cigarette that a tenant had put out in a potted plant was the cause of the fire, investigators said.
Washington Redskins band members set up a for Cardenas, who has been volunteering with the band for more than 35 years. They had raised more than $4,000 Saturday.
“I’m very humbled and overwhelmed by the generosity, the love, the care that they’re giving me,” Cardenas told NBC Washington.
