Residential stove fire controlled near West 26th St, Wilmington DE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/9/2025 02:01 PM

Near W 26th St, Wilmington, DE 19802

Firefighters responded to a small stove fire at a residential property near West 26th Street in Wilmington, Delaware. The gas to the stove was turned off and the building was ventilated. The fire was confirmed to have originated at the stove and was declared under control shortly after.

Audio|Source: New Castle County Fire

02:47

Transcript:

00:00

Command, 5% on Division 2, 3% on Division 1 for checking the stove.

00:08

Copy 5% Division 2, 3% Division 1.

00:12

Division 3.

00:14

Division 3, Division 3, Team 1, can you come up and check Exposure D?

00:26

And point four in the basement.

00:28

I'll take a fan at the front door, please.

00:32

Copy point four, basement level,

00:35

ladder on team two, copies the request there, and we're out.

00:41

Okay.

00:46

And gas to the stove has been secured, readings are starting to drop.

00:54

Copy readings, drop,

00:57

stove, secure.

00:58

All right, it is a second.

01:02

I got point two years ago.

01:14

Grand industry.

01:15

Division two, I got point three LEL.

01:19

Division 1,

01:20

I got point nine LEL.

01:22

Base in division,

01:24

I got point one. I got point one LEL.

01:30

30.

01:40

(number withheld) command of fireboard.

01:43

Engine 3 is going to be available shortly.

01:45

You can recall.

01:46

Enter 5.

01:47

All right, see you follow.

01:49

Engine 5, you can recall.

01:52

Okay, 3 responding from South Union Street.

01:55

Okay, 3.

02:01

(number withheld) command the latter one officer.

02:06

Good.

02:08

Can we confirm the stove as the source?

02:11

The first board is down to zero and we still working on ventilating divisions.

02:22

Copy. (number withheld) command of our board.

02:26

26th Street command.

02:29

near West 26th Street under patrols,

02:33

stoves and isolated that was the cause of the incident.

02:37

Squad 4, latter one of our main on-speed, (number withheld) is available.

02:43

Receive under control, near West 26th Street, 1711 hours.

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