Reported house fire with electrical odor investigated

Heard on: Sussex County Fire/EMS P25

01:52

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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(number withheld) West Virginia Avenue, residential structure fire.

00:04

RP of last.

00:10

Nearest hydrant is going to be West Virginia Avenue and Bunting Avenue.

00:16

708 copy.

00:19

We're fine.

00:29

Six 00:53 .

00:35

Alpha 91 BB BLS on.

00:40

Nine 10054 .

00:42

Seven eight on location.

00:44

Three and a half story

00:46

duplex. Nothing evident from the alpha, bravo, and the delta.

00:51

We'll be investigating.

00:52

Deputy has a command.

01:05

Four, six, three, clear.

01:11

Six, three, eight, six, three, clear.

01:17

Three alarm.

01:20

Negative.

01:26

We got one line stretched investigating an electrical odor.

01:33

Copy seven eight.

01:39

Second floor is clear.

01:40

Much less odor up here.

01:45

I copy. Second floor is clear.

01:47

I didn't copy the rest of the message.

01:51

Much less of an odor.

7/29/2026 05:51 AM

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W Virginia Ave, Milton, DE 19968

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a home near West Virginia Avenue in Milton for a reported residential structure fire. Crews found a three-and-a-half-story duplex with nothing visible from the outside and stretched one hose line to investigate a possible electrical odor. The second floor was later reported clear with a reduced odor.

Reported house fire with electrical odor investigated

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