Investigators seek cause of Wilmington row house fire

Wilmington's Fire Marshal's office is looking into what touched off a row house fire in the city Saturday. Crews arrived on-scene in the 500 block of Rodman Street shortly after noon, and found flames coming from the second-floor windows of a 2-story mid-row house, city fire chief John Looney said. Firefighters discovered that the fire had started in a bedroom, and were able to put it out quickly. The house's occupants managed to get out safely before firefighters arrived--one occupant was evaluated for smoke inhalation, but refused treatment. The fire was confined to the house where it started. There's no dollar estimate of the damage at this point.
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Delaware Forest Service Joins Daughters of the American Revolution to Establish Memorial Forest in Sussex County

The Delaware Forest Service hosted the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Col. John Haslet Chapter in Dover, and other volunteers to establish a memorial plot dedicated to former State Forester Walter F. Gabel, who served in this role from 1974 to 1991. “We are excited about this DAR tree planting, not only because it is dedicated to Walt Gabel, but because the work by the Daughters of the American Revolution highlights the importance of the positive impacts of conservation efforts here in Delaware and throughout the United States,” said Delaware State Forester Kyle Hoyd. “This planting is a historical representation of penny pine plantings by DAR on the Headquarters Tract in the early 1900s. The same loblolly pine seedlings that we are planting today, only 85 years after those initial penny plantings, now cost a quarter each.”
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