Date: 12/21/2014 Time: 9:11 PM Town: Claymont County: New Castle Address: 4 Butternut Drive Type: Two Alarm Apartment Fire Details: Units arrived on scene with heavy fire showing from the second floor of a three story apartment building. Requested the second alarm. Crews made an interior attack, however due to heavy fire conditions command ordered all firefighters to evacuate the building. Ladder crews performed a trench cut. A Mayday was declared when the was a partial interior collapse. All firefighters were able to escaped without injury. The third alarm was struck, but many companies were returned when the Mayday was cleared.
