Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue teams are on the scene of what might be a methamphetamine lab in a Germantown townhome. U/D Waterside Ct, #mcfrs hazmat crew suspect chemical odor related to possible drug production (Meth lab), EMS evaluating 6 people — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 20, 2014 HazMat – Unit blk Waterside Ct, Germantown, […]

Homes in Bethesda’s Edgemoor neighborhood have been evacuated as Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Hazmat services respond to a leak from a residential in-ground propane tank of more 400 gallons in the 7100 block of Fairfax Rd, according to tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Local neighborhood streets have been closed and […]

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of an apartment fire in Aspen Hill on Whispering Pines Court, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer reported that the fire has spread to all floors and the building has been evacuated. No injuries have been reported. U/D Peppertree Farm Apts, […]

A Silver Spring family escaped from their burning house thanks to a smoke alarm Wednesday morning. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, the fire at 1213 Noyes Dr, Silver Spring caused significant damage to the home but nobody was injured in the blaze. Hoyes Dr, Silver Spring, fire is under control, […]

UPDATED, Sept. 2, 1 p.m.- A 25-year-old man was hit by a vehicle in Montgomery Village Tuesday afternoon, not a child as first reported. The man was transported in serious condition, according to  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer who had originally tweeted the pedestrian was a child. U/D Pedestrian Struck – Whetstone Dr near […]

Thursday was Michael Liu’s 32nd birthday, which by most accounts isn’t a big deal- except this one almost didn’t happen.  Liu of Rockville suffered cardiac arrest as he jogged pushing his son in a stroller in the College Garden Park in Rockville May 14 and it was only by the help of an “Everyday Hero” […]

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 […]

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). […]

U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin, together with U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) have announced the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service has been awarded $86,450 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grants, a part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program […]

UPDATED: Two workers laying bricks were rescued today at the NIH Building when the scaffolding they were standing on partially collapsed about 75 feet above the ground, according to Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer. The two workers were lowered to the ground safely using a ladder and were being evaluated. Piringer said the […]