Friday June, 26 2020 @ 22:49

Nature: Structure Fire

Address: 26069 John J Williams Hwy., Millsboro, DE 19966

Cross Streets: Sherwood Forest/Autumn Rd

On Friday evening, June 26^th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for a structure fire on John J. Williams Highway near the entrance to Sherwood Forest.  It was reported to be an incident with the furnace.

Emergency response units from Indian River included Tanker 80 and Rescue 80 from the Oak Orchard facility and Engines #80-1 and #80-3 from the Long Neck facility as well as the Delaware State Fire Police.

Emergency response crew assignments included incident evaluation to identify the issue.  Assistance was provided to the homeowner and all units were authorized to return to the respective quarters.

It was identified that this incident was associated with a malfunction in the boiler system.

The Delaware State Fire Police provided traffic control for the duration of the incident.