Two residents were hospitalized in critical condition after the Dover Fire Department responded to a fire that caused $125,000 damage to a home on Artis Drive just west of Dover Saturday night.
The fire remained under investigation Sunday.
An 83-year-old female and a 67-year-old male who were residing in the home suffered smoke inhalation before being taken out of the house by firefighters, who responded after 9 p.m. Both victims were admitted to the Bayhealth Hospital-Kent Campus in critical condition Saturday night, according to the state’s Fire Marshal’s Office.
The initial crew, a staffed duty crew, made entry through the front door where they encountered one of the home’s residents. She was pulled to safety and said there was still another person in the house. The crew re-entered the residence and located the second subject, a man who was also brought out to safety.