{"id":2893,"date":"2022-03-16T10:18:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:18:40","slug":"one-dead-several-injured-in-devastating-fire-in-downtown-dover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/one-dead-several-injured-in-devastating-fire-in-downtown-dover\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, several injured in devastating fire in downtown Dover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least one person has died and several more have been injured in an early morning fire that tore through a building in downtown Dover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dover Police and Fire Department, along with the City of Dover Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office, are investigating the blaze that broke out around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday at a large, mixed-use building on the corner of Loockerman Street and South New Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"352\" data-id=\"2895\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-4.png?resize=630%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-4.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-4.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"2896\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-3.png?resize=754%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-3.png?w=754&amp;ssl=1 754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-3.png?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"543\" data-id=\"2898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-2.png?resize=764%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-2.png?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-2.png?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"383\" data-id=\"2897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-1.png?resize=752%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-1.png?w=752&amp;ssl=1 752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-1.png?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Crews work to bring a blaze under control in downtown Dover &#8211; Dover Police Dept.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple agencies responded to assist and the fire was finally brought under control around 8 a.m. following hours of efforts to extinguish the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, officials say one male victim was found deceased inside the building and seven others have been transported to a nearby hospital, with the majority being evaluated and treated for minor injuries and\/or smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause and origin of the fire have not yet been determined and remain under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loockerman Street from Queen Street to Governors Avenue is expected to remain closed for several hours, with several surrounding streets also affected by closures and detours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one person has died and several more have been injured in an early morning fire that tore through a building in downtown Dover. The Dover Police and Fire Department, along with the City of Dover Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office, are investigating the blaze that broke out around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday at a large, mixed-use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[32,41,48,281,222,38,47],"class_list":["post-2893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-delaware","tag-delmarva","tag-dover","tag-fatal-fire","tag-fire","tag-news","tag-sussex-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dover-fire-2.png?fit=764%2C543&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-KF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3120,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/dover-home-destroyed-in-monday-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":2893,"position":0},"title":"Dover home destroyed in Monday fire","author":"admin","date":"March 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It took several fire crew to put out a fire at a home on Monday afternoon in Dover. \u00a0 Dover Fire, along with St. Francis and Kent County EMS, were called to North West Street to reports of a one story single family home engulfed in flames. 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