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Millville Volunteer Fire Company responded to a second Residential Structure Fire today on Lathbury Ct, in the Lord Baltimore Landing neighborhood, at approximately 2:55 p.m., (5/30/2026), with reports of smoke coming from the home from multiple callers. Units arrived at a two-story residence with heavy fire coming from the rear of the home and quickly extended to both floors and to the front of the home. MVFC, along with Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company, Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Company, and Frankford Volunteer Fire Company, began fire suppression efforts immediately, attacking and knocking down the exterior fire on the rear of the structure while crews prepared to enter from the front of the home. Primary search and secondary search of the home found no occupants. Crews conducting the interior search and fire suppression were subjected to severe heat and fire conditions while working in very poor visibility. Crews worked on the first and second floors of the interior to control the fire.