7 People Rushed To Hospital After Flames Sweep Through New Castle County Home

Dan Koob reports.

THAT IS YOUR SUNDAY WEEKENDTRAVEL ALERT.BACK TO OUR BREAKING NEWSTHIS MORNING, FIRE FIGHTERSRUSH TO A BURNING HOME IN NEWCASTLE COUNTY AND NOW SEVENPEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITALTHIS MORNING."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER DANKOOB IS LIVE IN BEAR, TO BRINGUS UP TO DATE.DAN, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUTTHIS.REPORTER: JAN, TWO OF THEPEOPLE TRANSPORTED HAVE LIFETHREATENING INJURIES.I WILL SHE YOU SCENE BEHIND MEAS THE CALL CAME IN JUSTBEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.THIS TWO STORY HOME AS YOU CANSEE COMPLETELY RUIN.MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AREOUTSIDE OF THE HOME RIGHT NOWAS FIRE FIGHTERS ARE NOWBEGINNING THE PROCESS OFTRYING TO GO THROUGH ANDFIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPEN.IT IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.WAITING FOR SUNLIGHT.THAT IS WHAT WE HAD ANOPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MEMBERSOF THE FIRE TEAM, HERE ON THESCENE AND THEY ARE TRYING TOWAIT FOR THE SUN TO COME UP SOTHEY CAN SAFELY ASSESS THEHOME.AS YOU CAN SEE THE HOMEHEAVILY DAMAGED THROUGHOUT THEUPPER LEVELS OF THE FIREENGULF THE ENTIRETY OF THEHOME AT ONE POINT BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO GET THEFLAMES UNDER CONTROL.STATE FIRE MARSHALL TELLS USOF THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE, SIXLIVE HERE IN THE HOME INBARISTAR COURT IN BEARDELAWARE NEW CASTLE COUNTY.SEVENTH PERSON INJURED WAS A34 YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR WHO RUSHIN THE HOUSE AFTER THE FIREBEGAN.AGAIN THAT IS ACCORD TO GOFIRE OFFICIALS.HE WAS TREATED FOR MINORINJURIES AND SMOKE INHALATION.MALE AND FEMALE MEMBER OF THEFAMILY ARE THE TWO WHO HAVELIFE THREATENING INJURIES ATTHIS HOUR BUT AUTHORITIES SAYAT THIS POINT THE CAUSE REMAINUNKNOWN.EARLIER WE HAD A CHANCE TOSPEAK TO THE FORMER NEIGHBOROF THE FAMILY WHO RUSHED TOTHE HOUSE, WHEN SHE HEARD ITHAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.I JUST WORRIED, YOU KNOW,MY SONNY WAS TRYING TO SHIELDHIM BUT OF COURSE I HAD THEPHONE ON SPEAKER PHONE SO HEWAS HEARING THE SOUND AND ICOULD NOT GET THE PHONE OFFFAST ENOUGH.HE GOT UPSET, SO I KNEW HEWASN'TING TO GO SLEEP SO WEDROVE DOWN BECAUSE HE WANTEDTO KNOW IF EVERYTHING WASOKAY.REPORTER: NOW JAN THIS FIREREMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION WEHAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEMEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HEREWHO SAID THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY,SURROUNDING THIS HOUSE CAMEOUT TO TRY TO HELP THIS FAMILYGET OUT OF THEIR HOME AND THEYARE REELING, THIS MORNING, WE