Friday, March 29th just before 07:00 AM the company was dispatched to assist Claymont (NCC 13) on a residential structure fire with reports of multiple people trapped. Engine 13-5 arrived on the scene with smoke showing from a middle-of-the-row townhouse. Engine 66 with a crew of four arrived as the second due engine. 13-5’s officer quickly removed one victim from the stairs to the second floor, while 13-5’s hose line made access to the second floor to begin fire suppression. Engine 13-5’s search crew located two additional victims in a second floor bedroom.

Engine 66’s crew assisted theEngine 13-5 search crew with removing the victims via ground ladders to NCC Ladder 25 (Talleyville). Chief 13-8 held the Claymont Command. Three patients were transported by BLS crews and New Castle County Paramedics, one of those patients being transported by Delaware State Police Trooper 4. The New Castle County Fire Marshall’s office is currently investigating the fire. Photo credit to Claymont Fire Company.