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On May 3rd at 5:35 p.m., NCC Dispatch alerted Christiana Fire and mutual companies to a trailer fire in the 200 block of N. Oxford Drive. First arriving crews reported a well involved trailer with extension to the two adjacent trailers. The fire heavily damaged a vacant trailer to one side and caused exterior damage to an occupied trailer on the other side. The fire was controlled in about 15 minutes however crews continued mop up for an additional hour and a half. No civilians or firefighters were injured. Companies assisting were; Wilmington Manor, Delaware City and Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder with NCC EMS and Goodwill’s ambulance crew standing by. Two boys, ages 10 and 13, were later arrested and charged with arson.