Fire crews respond to multi-floor structural fire in Wilmington, Wilmington DE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/31/2025 09:04 PM

W 23rd St, Wilmington, DE 19802

Fire crews responded to a structural fire on 23rd Street in Wilmington. They worked across multiple floors to control smoke and prevent fire spread. An emergency alert from ladder 25 was accidental. Command advised caution due to weakened stairs between the first and second floors.

Audio|Source: New Castle County Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Division 3, guys.

00:04

Somebody's putting us a 50-foot executive,

00:07

a 50-3-quarter, and also, please, at the top of the steps to the third floor.

00:14

All right, stay on-bye.

00:19

Engine 3 on Division 2, Division 3.

00:22

Can you pay any more heads?

00:29

Command of Battalion, two. Ladder 25, officers bringing you that back.

00:33

All right, if you could just bring it to the top of the stairs, we have managed to make some movements.

00:40

We're making progress with the smoothboard now on side guys.

00:43

How the conditions look.

00:46

I still push it pretty good out of there. I don't see any fire, but he got a lot of smoke.

00:54

All right, command.

00:58

23rd Street, command.

01:00

We're getting an emergency letter from ladder 25, 4-1.

01:06

Okay.

01:10

That's down.

01:11

I'm planning it out.

01:16

All right, I cut you off. You said it's accident when you're heading out.

01:21

The ladder 25 was accidental and he is clearing it out.

01:28

Okay, very good. Slybore, you can clear that. It's accidental.

01:34

Proceed.

01:36

Preble Biggers Boulevard.

01:42

Forty-old Melon event,

01:43

Rule 155, triple zero eight.

01:50

Just continue pulling ceilings on the third floor and went in there.

01:56

Okay.

02:01

Robert, command.

02:05

Command. Command.

02:08

Advise companies use caution, second floor stairs.

02:11

First floor, second floor, stairs starting looking for now.

02:15

Impact for now, but just use caution.

02:21

Robert, can you put a turn out for that full company, first and second floor stairs, use washing?

02:26

Bears are weakened.

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