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A fire at Adventure Theatre earlier this month caused an estimated $500,000 in damages, according to the theatre’s managing director Leon Seemann and that number could increase. The cause of the fire was electrical and started in a wall space at approximately 1:30 in the morning, according to Pete Piringer, spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire […]

A house fire in Dickerson caused an estimated $100,000 in damages overnight, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer said dozens of firefighters responded to the blaze at around 2 a.m. at 19201 Martinsburg Road. According to Piringer, a neighbor called 9-1-1 to report the fire, and the […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating the cause of a Silver Spring house fire. It happened around 1:40 a.m. at an abandoned two-story single family home located on the 400 block of Norwood Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said that more than 45 firefighters were on scene and were able to bring the fire under […]

Montgomery County firefighters say a charcoal grill is responsible for sparking a fire at a Germantown house early this morning that has displaced a family of six. Over 70 firefighters battled the blaze at 13405 Tilford Court in Germantown Estates. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said a working smoke alarm alerted the family to […]

It took nearly 100 firefighters to battle a two-alarm duplex fire in Wheaton on Wednesday that has displaced several residents. It happened at the 12000 block on Berry Street around 4 p.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials. Firefighters encountered heavy fire upon arrival and neighborhood streets had to be closed, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a townhouse fire on the 1100 block of Good Hope Drive in Silver Spring on Tuesday night. According to Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the fire originated in the second floor bedroom. Firefighters said there was light smoke showing when they pulled up to the house. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire. […]

UPDATED Dozens of Montgomery County firefighters responded to a two-story house fire, before sunrise, at 5905 Willow Knoll Drive in Derwood on Thursday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the first firefighters to arrive at the scene encountered heavy flames coming from the first floor of the house. He said a […]

The National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said investigators will be on the scene for about a week collecting what he called “perishable evidence” in the plane crash in Gaithersburg that killed three people on board the jet and three others in a house it hit. Watch the press conference here. Here’s what we […]