Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police and fire rescue crews responded to Newcastle Avenue at Woodley Avenue in Silver Spring at 3:04 p.m. on March 6 for the report of a tree down on a car. According to police, one person was transported to the hospital. The patient’s condition is unknown. The road was closed until the tree […]

UPDATED on 2/24 About 80 firefighters were dispatched to  a single family house fire on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 11118 Nicholas Drive and four of them were injured while fighting the blaze. Officials said the firefighters were treated at local hospitals for their injuries, which are not considered life threatening. The fire call was originally […]

UPDATED 2/22 Montgomery County firefighters were dispatched at 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 to 175 Watts Branch Parkway in Rockville for an initial report of a fire in the woods. Firefighters arrived on the scene and found a large, vacant building with heavy fire and smoke conditions. Officials said a second alarm was dispatched and […]

A restaurant fire at Mr. Eddie’s Pizza & Subs on Feb. 13 in the 17500 block of Redland Road has been ruled accidental, according to a Montgomery County fire rescue official. The blaze caused $300,000 damage to the structure and $100,000 to the contents of the restaurant, Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said. Graham said […]

At approximately 11:44 a.m. on September 10, Montgomery County police and fire-rescue units responded to the report of a drowning in Olney at a residence in the 17200 block of Sandy Knoll Drive. When fire rescue units arrived, they found a neighbor performing CPR on a 34-month old child. The child was transported to a […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze at the Marlo building at 725 Rockville Pike. When firefighters arrived shortly after 6:10 p.m. on July 25 there were flames shooting from the second floor roof, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham. Approximately 85 firefighters responded to the blaze and two suffered heat-related […]