The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire in a restaurant-apartment building in Middletown that claimed one life.
It was the second Delaware fire death in recent days.
Shortly before 4 a.m., officers from the Middletown Police Department discovered smoke coming from a second-floor apartment in the unit block of West Main Street near South. Broad Street. The fire as above Sully’s Irish Pub.
The Volunteer Hose Company was dispatched to the scene and encountered a fire inside the second-floor apartment. Firefighters found one person dead inside the building. There were no other injuries reported.
Deputy fire marshals and detectives from the Middletown Police Department are on the scene investigating the circumstances of the fire. The Delaware Division of Forensic Science has taken custody of the victim, and an autopsy is scheduled.
Fire damage, estimated at $75,000, was contained to the second- floor apartment. Three other apartments have been cleared and four residents have been relocated.
