An adult and two children were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after investigators say a cardboard box of sawdust sparked a house fire in Elsmere, Del.
Credit: Elsmere Fire Company. ELSMERE, Del - Investigators say a cardboard box full of sawdust "spontaneously ignited" on the front porch of a home in New Castle County and sparked a house fire that injured two children and an adult.Firefighters from the Elsmere Fire Company were called to a home on Atkins Avenue just before 5 p.m.
Saturday for reports of a house fire. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficials said large flames engulfed the front of the two-story home and required additional fire crews from neighboring companies to extinguish.