Fire reported at councilwork apartments with no injuries, New Castle DE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/9/2025 05:27 PM

Dupont Pkwy, New Castle, DE 19720

A structure fire was reported at Councilwork Apartments near South DuPont Highway. Multiple fire units responded. Smoke and alarms were detected but no one was trapped inside and no fire was visible upon arrival.

Audio|Source: New Castle County Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Squad 32, Rescue 33 responding engine 18,

00:04

ladder 12, ladder 17, rescue 23, rescue 23, rescue 23,

00:07

squad 15.

00:09

Structure fire with entrapment.

00:11

Councilwork Apartments, near South DuPont Highway.

00:15

Department 4A.

00:16

Adam, 2027 hours.

00:36

Squad one-time respond to report.

00:44

Squad 133. Squad 133.

00:51

Engine 181-2.

00:58

832, no fire.

01:01

Fire 12.

01:03

Fire 12 in 6.

01:14

All units 2028.

01:16

All units 2028.

01:17

Responding.

01:19

All units 2028. I'll use 2028. I'm going to record 24 level.

01:27

Rest units at 27 or something.

01:34

Deputy Fort Farber.

01:35

Move my incident over, Pack 4.

01:41

No units responding, Wawa, Middle Town, the Dessa Road.

01:44

Switch to and Utilize, Pack 4.

01:50

The 18-5-word, what's the particulars on the entrapment for those?

01:59

The 18, now be advised there is.

02:07

Deputy Keene,

02:09

now being advised there is no one trapped,

02:12

smell of smoke and alarms going off in the building.

02:15

Receive 2080.

02:21

Copy 827.

02:26

24-0 in route.

02:31

240.

02:32

249V in route.

02:34

249V. 249V.

02:40

Gett1-15, (name withheld).

02:47

Okay.

02:50

See the Tadion 12, that be...

02:53

One-five.

02:58

So I'd be.

03:02

2040.

03:05

2040.

03:10

Robert 28, just advise your box is full.

03:17

Copy.

03:19

Deputy 18 arrived, three-star apartment building, nothing shown.

03:25

I'll be willing to manner command.

03:30

She's deputy 18, 2031.

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