Two firefighters died while battling a house fire in DE and several others, ncluding firefighters and civilians, were injured. The identities of the fallen firefighters will be released after family members have been notified. “Wilmington firefighters arrived on-scene, greeted by heavy fire and smoke conditions, and unfortunately, two firefighters will not be heading back to their firehouse”, said Phillips. Another critically injured firefighter remained at Christiana Hospital.
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A home on Lakeview Road caught fire around 3:30 a.m. Officials say the firefighters may have been on the first floor of the row home battling the blaze when the floor on the first floor collapsed into the basement level. Two firefighters were rescued but one never made it out of the house and another later died after being taken to the hospital, according to the news station. The fire resulted in the closure of the eastbound lanes of Kirkwood Highway at the Wilmington/Elsmere border-there’s no word yet on the fire’s cause.
