SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Ty Burrell, known for his role as Phil Dunphy on “Modern Family” and owner of multiple businesses in the Salt Lake area, has joined Salt Lake City’s fundraising effort to support the employees impacted by the Main Street fire earlier this week.
“On Tuesday morning, 200 of our neighbors woke up unemployed,” Burrell stated in a video shared by the Downtown Alliance. “These are people that have taken care of us, now it’s our turn to take care of them.”
According to the Downtown Alliance, the assistance fund has raised $75,000 in the last 36 hours. The goal is to raise $500,000 to support all of the employees impacted by the loss of their workplaces. Some of the buildings destroyed in the fire were the Whiskey Street bar, the White Horse Bar, and the Los Tapatios Grill…