Montgomery Community Media

Over 60 Montgomery County firefighters responded to a house fire in the 13600 block of Pine View Lane in North Potomac on April 11. Pete Piringer, the public information officer for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, described efforts to extinguish the blaze as a “firefight” on his Twitter account. Piringer said four occupants escaped […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a house fire around 1:30 p.m. on March 1 in the 2600 block of Henderson Avenue in Silver Spring. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and investigators said the cause was an electrical malfunction. Damage is estimated at $40,000. Residents were alerted to the blaze by the home’s smoke alarm. According […]

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 5400 Moorland Lane in Bethesda. Assistant Chief Scott Graham said the fire is in the basement. He said there are no occupants inside and no one was injured. The fire was reported around 9 a.m. on Jan. 21. No other information has been […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what caused a single-family house fire at 203 2nd Avenue in Washington Grove shortly after 6 a.m. on Jan. 14. On his Twitter account, Assistant Chief Scott Graham reports there was heavy fire showing when the first firetrucks arrived. According to Graham, three firefighters were injured battling the house fire […]

Fire officials said careless smoking caused a house fire in the 300 block of Prelude Drive in Silver Spring on Dec. 28 that sent three people to the hospital. One patient was admitted, fire officials said, and two others were treated and released. Firefighters responded to the blaze at 5:30 a.m. and according to a […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters have determined what caused a single-family house fire that sent three people, including two firefighters, to the hospital with burns and displaced five adults on Christmas Day. It happened shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 25 on Narrows Court in Silver Spring and has been ruled accidental. Assistant Fire Chief Scott […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to the scene of a single family house fire in the 2000 block of Erskine Avenue around 5 p.m. on Oct. 19. Assistant Chief Scott Graham said there have been no report of injuries. He said the blaze was reported on the first floor and all occupants were out of the […]

UPDATED This just in: Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 6800 Connecticut Avenue. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 28, Assistant Chief Scott Graham reported on his Twitter account that heavy fire was visible on multiple levels. Thirty minutes later, Graham said the fire was out and there were […]

Montgomery County Fire Rescue crews responded to a single-family house fire at 9612 Glencrest Lane around 7 a.m. on Sept. 28. Assistant Chief Scott Graham reports the fire was confined to the basement. He wrote on his Twitter account that there were no injuries and the exact cause and origin remain under investigation. MCFRS – […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to the the scene of a house fire at 13217 Moran Drive in North Potomac on Aug. 20. Assistant Chief Scott Graham reports the fire was on two of three floors of a single family house. He said the blaze was quickly put out and there have been no reports of […]