Editor's Note (Nov. 29, 2:16 p.m.): Officials said the man pulled from the fire died Tuesday morning at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation.
A fire that ripped through apartments in Wilmington, Delaware early Sunday morning critically injured a man inside, authorities said.
Cellphone video shows large flames shooting through the roof of the house on the 300 block of Mary Street in Richardson Park.
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Fire officials said the blaze was reported shortly before 2 a.m. Firefighters were met with flames already shooting through the two-story building, that was divided into two apartments, upon their arrival.
Elsmere police officers assisted with the rescue of a 49-year-old man trapped inside a first-floor apartment, the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office said. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition with burns and injuries from smoke inhalation.
Two occupants in the second-floor apartment escaped unharmed and are receiving assistance from American Red Cross, fire officials said.
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Investigators remained on the scene searching for the fire’s origin and cause, according to the fire marshal’s office Sunday morning. The fire damage was estimated at $200,000.
