Montgomery Community Media

A car crashed through an apartment building in Gaithersburg, Wednesday morning, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer. It happened at  11 a.m. and at King James Way, Piringer said. 20 residents have been displaced, he said. There is also structural damage, but no injuries were reported, Piringer said. (11a) Car […]

Two firefighters were injured battling an apartment fire at 3620 Gleneagles Drive in Leisure World on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Montgomery County fire spokesperson. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said nearly a dozen residents were displaced by the blaze that began around 3:15 p.m. on the first floor of a bedroom. When […]

  Community Manager of Fireside Park Apartments discusses the responsibilities and challenges of her job.

UPDATED, April 14, 9:15 a.m. – The fire at an apartment building in Silver Spring was contained to the apartment that it started in, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer. Piringer said other areas of the building do have heat, smoke and water damage. More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene […]

Montgomery County firefighters say a three-alarm fire overnight at Bethesda Hill apartments, 5114 Dudley Lane, caused an estimated one million dollars in damages. At the height of the blaze, 150 firefighters were called to fight the fire at the four-story apartment building. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said three families have been displaced […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating the alleged stabbing death of a woman in her Bethesda apartment Tuesday. According to Montgomery County Police, a call came in at about 10:11 a.m. to report a death in an apartment in the 11800 block of Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda. Police said the victim is a woman and […]

A four-year-old child is hospitalized tonight after falling from a third floor apartment window in Burtonsville. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said it happened this evening (August 10) in the 3300 block of Teagarden Circle. On his Twitter account, Piringer said the young boy landed in a grassy area and was transported to a […]

Frederick County fire and rescue units were called to an apartment fire overnight at 1465 Key Parkway that injured ten people. According to a fire and rescue official, the first arriving units reported smoke showing from the rear of the building. Authorities said a total of ten occupants were treated and transported to medical facilities, […]

UPDATED More than 200 firefighters were called to the scene of a three-alarm fire on, April 1, that burned through an unoccupied apartment building at the Gables Upper Rock complex in Rockville. On April 2, fire officials said the apartment complex was a complete loss with damages estimated at between $15 million and $20 million. Firefighters […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, DJ Flexx explains why it is so important to him to help the residents who were displaced from their homes because of a fire at a Montgomery Village apartment complex earlier this month. Take a look: Find out how you can help the displaced families, by visiting the Women Who Care […]