UPDATED: Sunday Morning Fires in Seaford & Dagsboro
UPDATED – 12/18/23 – Seaford firefighters were called to a home on Boyce Road around 12:30 Sunday morning and found smoke and flames coming from the two story structure. Officials say there was no one living in the residence at the time of the blaze and the cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation. Multiple fire companies helped to battle the blaze or provide backup. Damage is estimated at $250,000. Anyone with information into this fire should call the Sussex Division of the State Fire Marshal’s Office at 302-856-5600.
Dagsboro Firefighters were called for a blaze that heavily damaged a single family home west of Dagsboro on Nine Foot Road. `Crews were called around 2:15am and found smoke and flames coming from the home, which was not occupied. Multiple fire companies helped to battle the fire and the investigation showed the blaze was accidental – caused by an electrical malfunction. Damage is estimated at $350,000. Firefighters were on the scene for this fire for over 4 hours.
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ORIGINAL STORY – 12/17/23 – Fire crews from Sussex, Caroline, Worcester and Wicomico Counties have been busy overnight battling two fires – one on Boyce Road west of Seaford and one west of Dagsboro on Nine Foot Road. Seaford firefighters were called just after 12:30 Sunday morning and multiple companies assisted or provided backup. Dagsboro firefighters were called just after 2am and multiple companies also assisted or provided back up for that blaze.
The State Fire Marshal is investigating both fires.
