Zach Despart

Free Press Staff Writer

The Burlington community is coming together to help tenants who lost their home in a fire Wednesday.

ArtsRiot will play host to a benefit concert of local bands at 7 p.m. next Wednesday. The venue asks for a $10 donation and also plans to hold a raffle and silent auction.

A three-alarm blaze destroyed the apartment building at 92-94 Hyde St. early Wednesday. Officials said six residents were displaced from the Old North End building's two units. Two people were taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment of non-critical injuries. The building was a total loss.

Everyone safe after Old North End fire

One of the displaced tenants is Katy Hellman, a local musician in the band Karavan. Hellman's friend Beckie-Ann LaConte is helping organize the ArtsRiot event.

"I know how wonderful this community is but ... the outpouring of love for this has been phenomenal," LaConte said.

Bands on the bill include Rumblecat, Binger, Phantom Airwave, The Original Q, Shane and the Apothecaries, Leatherbound Books and the North End Honeys.

Friends and neighbors also have launched online fundraising pages. One is at GoFundMe, the other at Indiegogo. A third site for other tenants also is available.

A member of the band, Katy Hellman, and the name of the band, Karavan, were misspelled in an earlier version of this story.

This story was first posted online on May 19, 2016.