Remember Me Forgot your password?Create an account DonatePlease consider supporting our efforts.What could be easier than nachos?All you have to do is turn on the oven and open a few cans then mix, assemble and bake!The family will enjoy this easy, tasty meal.Log InSubscribed, but don't have a login?Activate your digital access.xEmbedCLOSEWilmington Fire Chief Anthony S. Goode expects an additional murder charge to be filed against the woman accused of starting the deadly Canby Park fire that has now killed three firefighters.12/2/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEArdythe Hope, who has been in critical condition since the September 24th fire in Canby Park, passed away on Thursday.12/2/16 John J. Jankowski Jr.& Damian GilettoxEmbedCLOSEArdythe Hope became the third firefighter to lose their life as a result of a fire in Canby Park on September 24th when she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday.William Bretzger/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEDemolition began Thursday on a Canby Park home where two Wilmington firefighters died in September.

A resident is in custody and has been charged with setting the blaze.10/27/16 John J. Jankowski Jr.& Damian GilettoxEmbedCLOSESaint Francis Healthcare raised $85,000 to benefit the families of Captain Christopher Leach and Lt.Jerry Fickes who were killed while battling a fire in September.10/26/16 John J. Jankowski Jr.& Damian GilettoxEmbedCLOSEA softball tournament held in memory of two Wilmington firefighters killed in the line of duty raised more than $25,000 Saturday and brought thousands out to honor the Delaware firefighter service.10/17/16 John J. Jankowski Jr.& Damian GilettoxEmbedCLOSEThe state of Delaware's murder case against Beatriz Fana-Ruiz, the Canby Park resident accused of setting her home on fire and killing two Wilmington firefighters, will move to trial in Delaware Superior Court.10/7/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEReactions from the memorial service for Lt.Christopher Leach and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickes who died last weekend battling a blaze in a Canby Park row home.

Jason Minto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEFirefighters enter the Chase Center on the Riverfront for the memorial service for Lt.Jason Minto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSETwo Wilmington firefighters who died while battling a fire almost a week ago were laid to rest Friday.forum ecigarette kraken9/30/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEFuneral services are today for Lt.e cigarette kirkcaldyChristopher Leech and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickess who died while battling a house fire Saturday in Wilmington.e cigarette kr808 turbo xxl9/30/16 John J. Jankowski & Damian GilettoxEmbedCLOSEA 27-year-old woman who lived at the Canby Park rowhome that went up in flames has been charged in connection with the deadly fire that killed two Wilmington firefighters and injured five others early Saturday morning.e cigarette max

9/29/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEFallen Wilmington firefighters Lt.Christopher Leach and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickes will be laid to rest this week after a send-off from the community.e cigarette megabus9/27/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEDriver Kyle Benjamin talks about having his car selected to have the Wilmington Fire Department logo, with the black mourning band, on its hood during Dover race weekend.ecigarette montrougeMitchell Northam/Delmarva Media GroupxEmbedCLOSEAt a press conference Monday afternoon, Wilmington Fire Department Chief Anthony Goode said firefighters entered a burning building Saturday morning believing people were trapped inside.Two firefighters were killed fighting the blaze.9/26/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEAt about 9 a.m.

Monday morning, Wilmington firefighters carried out two caskets draped in an American flag from the state Medical Examiner's Office.9/26/16 Damian Giletto/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSESalesianum School holds remembrance for Wilmington Fire Department Lt.Christopher Leach, 41, and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickes, 51, died fighting a rowhouse fire in the 1900 block of Lakeview Road.Daniel Sato/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEAnthony Goode, Chief of Fire for the Wilmington Fire Department, provides an update on the loss of two firefighters and injury of four additional firefighters during a fire in Wilmington early Saturday morning.Daniel Sato/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEWilmington resident Missy Napier escaped her burning home along with six children early Saturday morning.Two Wilmington firefighters died and four were injured while fighting the blaze.William Bretzger/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEWilmington mayor Dennis P. Williams on the death of two Wilmington firefighters early Saturday morning.

Daniel Sato/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSERaw Video: Motorcade brings fallen firefighters to medical examiner's office Daniel Sato/The News JournalxEmbedCLOSEFire sweeps through Canby Park area rowhome with a report of people trapped.Firefighters converged on the 1900 block of Lakeview Road to battle the blaze.William Bretzger/The News JournalTwo longtime firefighters were killed when a floor in a Canby Park rowhouse gave way in an intense fire early Saturday, injuring four others in what Chief Anthony Goode called "a very tragic day for the Wilmington Fire Department."The incident is the first death of a city firefighter in almost two decades.Lt.Christopher Leach, 41, a 14-year veteran, and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickes, 51, a 13-year veteran, died in the fire.Both men had children and families, Goode said at a press conference Saturday.Firefighters Ardythe Hope and Brad Speakman were transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania, and were in critical but stable condition Saturday evening.Two other injured firefighters, Terrance Tate and John Cawthray, were treated at Christiana Hospital and discharged Saturday afternoon.Cawthray thanked well-wishers on Facebook, and noted Leach and Fickes "paid the ultimate sacrifice.""I

was lucky, I came away with only 2nd degree burns on my wrist and hand," he said."I truly loved both of them and they will be missed.Keep their families in mind."Thefire was reported 2:54 a.m.at 1927 Lakeview Road, in a neighborhood of brick rowhouses about a block south of South Union Street.Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting out of windows and doorways.DELAWAREONLINERemembrances for Wilmington firefighters killedDELAWAREONLINEInformation sought: Wilmington line of duty deaths"It was a huge pile of fire coming out of the front door," said a neighbor who goes by Ed and declined to provide his last name."I said to myself, 'How the hell are (firefighters) going to get in there.'"Accordingto the Fire Department, one or more firefighters became trapped at 3:14 a.m.and radioed for help.Dozens of firefighters responded and searched, officials said.They also used ladders to access the upper story of the rowhouse, where the fire shot through the roof and sent flames and thick smoke into the night sky.Fire Department Battalion Chief James Jobes said firefighters were working on the first floor when it collapsed, trapping them in the basement.

Their bodies were removed and taken to the state medical examiner's office in downtown Wilmington by a motorcade that was saluted by emergency personnel lining the streets."Thisis a tragic situation," said Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams."My heart is heavy.So much pain right now."Theresidents of the home were able to escape.Missy Napier lived in the home with her five children, all between 10 and 17 years old.Another child, a family friend, was staying with the family.When she first noticed smoke, she scrambled to get all of the kids out of the home, she said."Westarted hollering, 'Get out of the house get out of the house,'" she said between tears Saturday morning."We ran out back but the smoke was so hot.Not the fire, but the smoke was burning your face."Napier'smother, Debbie Napier, suspects firefighters thought someone was trapped, "but everybody got out.""It'sbreaking her heart that they passed away in her house," she said.Debbie Napier called her son, Tom Roth, as the fire raged.

He arrived outside of his sister's house to find tall flames.By the afternoon, Roth, still stunned, sat in a folding chair a block away from the home alongside an ambulance.He said the family had been celebrating the beginning of the weekend when the fire started.At first, they didn’t realize its magnitude, he said.“The adults were doing what adults do on a Friday night, listening to music having a couple of beers.Some of the kids were out riding their bikes right here,” Roth said.“The smoke hit them just dead in the face.”Neighbors on Saturday comforted one another on the narrow one-way street, developed as part of the Canby Park Estates subdivision 70 years ago.The side-by-side homes take up the entire block from Rodman Road to South Union Street, with an alley behind it.New Castle County property records show 1927 Lakeview Road was built in 1944.The 1,075-square-foot property had three bedrooms.Shane Henry, who lives with his fiancé in the basement of a row house next to the Napier home, said smoke enveloped the surrounding houses.“Out of nowhere, we saw a black cloud of smoke pour down into our room,” Henry said.

“We thought it was maybe our roommates, maybe they left a cigarette still lit.But it was pouring too much, we knew something was wrong."Henryand his fiancé , unable to go home because of fire damage, now have nowhere to sleep, he said.At about the same time that Henry noticed the fire, another neighbor, Johnny Alvarado, saw Napier’s children running down Lakeview Road away from the burning home.“First, you see the black smoke going up, then flames,” he said.“Smoke flooded the streets.”Alvarado began knocking on neighbors' doors telling them to get away in case the blaze were to spread.He wasn’t the only neighbor to jump into action.Claudia Leon lives across the street from the Napier home and awoke to a woman banging on her front door in the early hours of the morning.“She came to the door yelling, ‘Everybody get out — a fire broke out,” Leon said.More than 12 hours after Leon had been warned of the blaze, the smell of smoke remained in the air along the block and a puddle of standing water that had flowed off of Napier's property rested at the intersection of Lakeview and Rodman Roads.Multiple neighbors chatted in front of homes as they peered toward the exterior of the charred, brick rowhouse and its yard, enclosed by a chain link fence.

An extension ladder still rested against the front of the home, reaching just below the top floor window.The Office of the State Fire Marshal and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the cause.The federal agency is participating because Wilmington fire officials decided to exclude themselves from the investigation, Jobes said.He said they are exploring all possibilities and foul play has not been ruled out, but he could not discuss specifics.Leach was assigned to Ladder Co.Fickes was at Squad 4 and was a member and past assistant chief at Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Co.in Newark.Vice President Joe Biden visited the scene of the fire and flags were also flown at half-staff at Wilmington fire stations, which were adorned with black bunting.At Fire Station No.6 on North Union Street near the fire, a neighbor around 1 p.m.dropped off two pizzas to show her support for the department."It'stragic," said the woman, who declined to give her name."They're part of our neighborhood."In

Hockessin, the Old Lancaster Pike fire station sign read, “Prayers to our Brothers & Sisters of the Wilmington FD.”The deaths mark the second incident that has seen a Delaware firefighter killed on the job this year.On July 11, Tim McClanahan, a volunteer firefighter from Lewes, died after falling from a helicopter while training with the Delaware Air Rescue Team.Clanahan, 46, was a veteran emergency responder.He previously worked work for Priority 1 Rescue in Texas, which provides emergency service via helicopters to oil rigs and industry service ships in the Gulf of Mexico.Before Saturday, the most recent Wilmington firefighter death was Prince Albert “Ali" Mousley Jr., who was 58 when he was among the first to arrive at a house fire on the 2800 block of North Tatnall Street in Jan.At the scene, Mousley collapsed with a heart attack and died.He was a 27-year veteran of the force.Goode, the Wilmington fire chief, knows well the dangers of the job.James Goode Jr., died of a heart attack at a city fire station after he aided a rescue mission on the Delaware River on June 18, 1990.