The pole was sheared off and Atlantic City Electric was called to the scene. The ambulance was towed away, he said.

Goez said he did not have any information on whether anyone was injured, but police and fire dispatches at the time of the crash indicated at least two people were injured.

The estimated construction budget for the shell is $2 million, not including geo-tech testing, civil engineering or landscape design services.

The new two-story building will comprise 13,500 square feet.

The collision happened about 8 a.m. at West Eighth and Adams streets in Wilmington as the fire truck was en route to an emergency incident, officials said. Two people were believed to be taken to Christiana Hospital.

The crew was operating in the city as fill-in replacement for Wilmington crews on the scene of the fire where two firefighters died earlier in the morning.