Second victim found in fatal Delaware fire
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<p>(John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>(John Jankowksi/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Investigators stand among the rubble of the the W. 5th Street house that partially-collapsed during a fire on December 13. (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. on December 13. Fire investigators discovered a body beneath the rubble while investigating the cause on December 17. (John Jankowksi/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Investigators on the scene after the fire-damaged building which partially collapsed during the fire has been torn down. (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Police are trying to identify the man whose body they found beneath the rubble of this burned out home on W. 5th Street in Wilmington. (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Fire investigators found a body buried the beneath the rubble after extinguishing this fire on W. 5th Street in Wilmington. (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)</p>
Workers at Wilmington’s Cherry Island Landfill found a body of an unidentified female while disposing of debris from a fatal fire earlier this week in the city.
On Monday, fire investigators found the body of a man while trying to determine the cause of a fire that happened at 505 W. 5th St. last week. They found his body beneath the rubble of the abandoned building that partially collapsed during the blaze.
This morning, the body of a second victim was discovered at the landfill as rubble from the scene was being dropped off. Her body was turned over to the medical examiners office and is scheduled for autopsy this afternoon. The investigation into the cause of her death and the cause of the fire is still ongoing.
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