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A Bethesda house fire has displaced a family. It happened this afternoon at 6701 Rannoch Road. According Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, more than 60 firefighters were on scene to assist in putting out a basement fire. Piringer said the cause was electrical in nature. No injuries were reported and one firefighter was transported to […]

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 […]

UPDATED It took 65 firefighters to put out a house fire at 1909 Mayflower Drive in Burtonsville today. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Piringer said firefighters arrived to heavy fire conditions at the single family house. According to Piringer, the 1900 block of Briggs Cheney Road was closed during the fire department’s response. There were no […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire in Bethesda last night. It happened around 8 p.m. on Sunday night at 5817 Sonoma Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there was no one home at the time of the blaze and no injuries. According to Piringer, a family of three and […]

Spring is in the air! Here are five things to know today, March 22, in Montgomery County: 1.  The Montgomery County Council meets today, and on the agenda is a briefing on the region’s housing needs, and a work session on the Westbard Sector Plan. 2. A house fire in Damascus last night has displaced […]

UPDATED Dozens of Montgomery County firefighters battled a blaze in the 9400 block of Primrose View Court in Damascus on Monday night that has displaced a family of five. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said three people escaped the house with no injuries. According to Piringer, there is significant fire damage to the two-story […]

A GoFundMe page to raise money for two Washington Spirit players, who escaped a house fire in Boyds, has raised more than $36,000 since it was created on Sunday. The page was started by Anthony DiCicco, whose father, Tony DiCicco is a former U.S. women’s national team coach. On the night of March 10, just […]

More than 100 Montgomery County firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a townhouse in Germantown on Monday, March 14. According to officials, the fire caused one home to collapse and damaged surrounding buildings. Peggy Garland’s home was one of the buildings that was impacted by the blaze. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Garland describes the […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters responded to a heavy house fire in Boyds on Thursday, March 10 that has displaced a family, according to a Fire and Rescue officials. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the the two-story single family house fire on 18300 block Aspen Dale Court began in the garage and extended into the home. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters battled a heavy house fire in Gaithersburg Wednesday afternoon. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the single family home is located at Quantum Place. The fire originated on the second floor of the home and extended to the attic, Piringer said. The owners of the home were away, but several workers […]