County Search and Rescue Teams Assist in Parking Garage Collapse in D.C.
Three Montgomery County Search and Rescue teams headed to D.C. to help in the search for anyone injured when a parking garage collapsed at a Watergate complex.
According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, Montgomery County sent three live search and rescue teams with one handler and one dog on each team to aid in the search. According to reports the collapse happened at about 10 a.m. and at least one person may have been injured.
DC Mutual Aid – #mcfrs K9 team works w/ @dcfireems RS2 in area of garage collapse near Watergate pic.twitter.com/Mmn1G59MNb
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 1, 2015
DC Mutual Aid – DCFD has requested 3 #mcfrs search & rescue K9s – 3 #MCFRS dogs & handlers are enroute to DC pic.twitter.com/elRvTmrDo8
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 1, 2015
Structural collapse: 2600 Virginia Ave Nw, pancake collapse in the parking garage, SpOps and collapse team on scene, searching the building
— DC Fire Fighters L36 (@IAFF36) May 1, 2015
UPDATE: Virginia Ave NW CLOSED to pedestrian & vehicular traffic between Rock Creek Parkway and 25th St due to structure collapse #dctraffic
— WTOP Traffic (@WTOPtraffic) May 1, 2015
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