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A construction worker working at a house was severely burned in a Thursday morning fire in Townsend, New Castle County Paramedics said.
The fire in the 800 block of Barcelona St. was reported at 9:13 a.m., according to Townsend Fire Company call logs.
Paramedics and a state police helicopter were called to the scene, where the worker had been removed from the house. The person was airlifted to Christiana Hospital and was in critical condition, paramedics said.
No other information was immediately available.
The Delaware Fire Marshal office is investigating.
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The reward is now $30,000 for anyone who can provide information leading to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fire that destroyed the Lighthouse Restaurant in Dewey Beach.
The Lighthouse Cove Development Company announced Jan. 22 the award would be increased from $25,000 regarding the April 23, 2020, fire that caused an estimated $750,000 in damage and which Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal John Galaska said May 6, 2020, was being investigated as an arson. The April 23 arson followed a fire set at the same location earlier that month, Galaska said.
“It is still an active investigation,” Galaska said Jan. 22.
Thomas J. Hanna, president of Harvey Hanna & Associates, the company overseeing the development in Dewey Beach, said the reward was increased to encourage those with additional information about the fire to come forward so that responsible parties can be brought to justice.
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