Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED on 8.28.14 at 6 a.m. Over 75 Montgomery County firefighters battled a house fire at 10807 Keller Street on August 27. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire caused an estimated $650,000 damage to the Cape Cod style home. Piringer said the two adults who lived there are now displaced and four […]

UPDATED 10 p.m. on 8.27.14 Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision that occurred on August 27 in Potomac. It happened shortly before 4 p.m. at River Road and Rivers Edge Drive. According to a police account, a 2014 Honda NC700 motorcycle was traveling south on River Road and a 2011 BMW X5 […]

UPDATED, 11:30 a.m., Aug. 15- Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer is reporting damage estimates of more than $200,000 from a fire at a Takoma Park home Friday morning. In a tweet, Piringer said the fire started in the first-floor dining room and investigators are still determining the cause. One firefighter suffered minor […]

Two people and their pets escaped from their burning home in Laytonsville late Thursday night. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted that the fire may have started in the garage and neighbors helped a man, a woman and several pets escape. U/D Warfield Rd, EMS transport 1 adult Female w/ smoke inhalation; […]

For the second night in a row, Montgomery County firefighters were called to a home in the Leisure World community for a cooking-related fire. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the blaze at 15013 Eardley Court started in the kitchen of a basement condo of a three-story building last night (August 9). […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a vehicle fire in Germantown that occurred overnight at Mateny Road and Owls Nest Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said on his Twitter account that there was minimal damage and no one was injured. According to Piringer, firefighters believe someone tried to set several other vehicles in the […]

Here are five things to know today, August 1, in Montgomery County: 1.The Lake Needwood warning could continue through the fall. 2. A Germantown woman turns 100 and celebrates by becoming an American citizen. 3. An overnight Rockville apartment fire has displaced nine people and injured two. 4. You can catch up on all the […]

Nine people were forced from their homes and two were injured in a fire at a Rockville apartment complex in the early morning hours Friday. According to Tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, the fire at at four-story apartment complex on Burnside Drive caused $75,000 in damages. He tweeted the cause […]

UPDATED The fire is out but Montgomery County firefighters remain on the scene at 3101 Cummings Lane in Chevy Chase for overhaul. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports the fire began in the basement of the house and extended to the first floor. He said all the occupants were out of the structure and […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Police Officer Nicole Gamard talks about recent progress being made to equip Montgomery County fire and rescue trucks with animal breathing masks to get animals oxygen when rescued from a fire. Her Shiloh Shepherd, Quest, was rescued from a fire at her Damascus house earlier this year. Another one […]