3rd Delaware firefighter dies from injuries suffered in September blaze

  • Source: Wilmington News Journal
  • Published: 12/02/2016 12:00 AM

Ardythe Hope, a firefighter injured in Canby Park blaze in September has died, according to the Wilmington Fire Department. She is the third firefighter to die as a result of the Canby Park blaze in September. Hope was injured after entering the rowhome in an attempt to save a trapped Leach when the floor gave way. She had remained at the Crozer-Chester Medical Center in critical condition after the incident. The early morning fire on Sept. 24 at a Canby Park rowhome claimed the lives of Capt. Christopher Leach and Lt. Jerry Fickes after the first floor of the rowhome collapsed.



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