DNR 8/7/18
HARRISONBURG — MillerCoors is donating 50,000 cans of water to residents in California, according to a company press release.
The release states the cans will be shipped from the Shenandoah Valley brewery near Elkton, and are aimed at assisting residents and volunteers affected by the Carr Fire in Northern California that has burned more than a thousand homes.
The release states the donation is in partnership with the American Red Cross and Redding Distributing Co.
MillerCoors expected the shipments to arrive in California on Monday, where the water will be distributed to Red Cross shelters and directly to victims and firefighters.
The fire, which started July 23, has burned an estimated 154,000 acres as of Sunday.
Reports list seven deaths thus far from the fire, which is among more than a dozen wildfires now burning in California.
— Derek Blyer