A Friday night house fire in Wilmington caused heavy damage to the house and briefly sent a firefighter to the hospital.
When crews arrived in the 400 block of West 23rd Street around 11:15 p.m., they saw flames coming from the first and second floors of a 3-story, semi-detached house.
The occupants of the house got out safely, but one was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
That occupant refused a trip to the hospital, but a firefighter was treated and released from Wilmington Hospital for heat exhaustion.
Before the flames were doused, they spread to all 3 floors and the roof of the house, causing heavy damage to it and an adjoining house.
Wilmington’s Fire Marshal’s office is looking into the fire’s cause, and at this point, there’s no dollar estimate of the amount of damage.
