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A man succumbed to his injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Gaithersburg on Tuesday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say emergency crews responded to Shady Grove Road between Epsilon Drive and Briardale Road near Crabbs Branch Way around 5:45 a.m. for the report of a crash involving a box truck and a sedan. […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a fatal collision in Fairland that happened early Sunday morning. MCPD Officers and Fire & Rescue personnel responded to Old Columbia Pike near Ruxton Road shortly before 4:30 a.m. An investigation determined that a Ford pickup truck was traveling south on Old Columbia Pike approaching Ruxton […]

Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service responded to a major house fire in Germantown Sunday, according to fire officials. At approximately 5:25 p.m., emergency services responded to a call about a house fire on White Sands Dr. in Germantown. Upon arriving at the scene, fire fighters observed the fire coming from the front door, according to […]

A Rockville man was killed Oct. 23 when a car crashed into the motorcycle he was riding while traveling west on Norbeck Road in the Colesville area, the Montgomery County Department of Police said in a press release. The motorcyclist, 24 year-old Christian Richardson of Dumbarton Drive in Rockville, later died from life-threatening injuries at […]

Montgomery County Fire officials are investigating an arson incident that occurred on Oct. 19 in Gaithersburg. Pete Piringer, the county’s Fire and Rescue Chief Spokesman, wrote in a Twitter post that firefighters responded to a call from 300 Marshal Street. Once they arrived, the firefighters found two cars that were fully engulfed in flames. Piringer […]

The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service aided in a rope rescue for an injured hiker at Sugarloaf Mountain on Sunday. An adult hiking on the Sugarloaf trails suffered non-life threatening injuries in a fall Sunday morning, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief Spokesman Pete Piringer. Dozens of rescue workers responded […]

Two vehicles collided Thursday at the intersection of Spencerville Road and Santini Road in Burtonsville around 6:30 p.m., according to a tweet by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said one of the drivers was pinned inside their vehicle for almost 15 minutes while rescue service personnel attempted to take […]

The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue helped rescue a trapped dog from underneath a wooden deck on Oct. 12. There were no reported injuries. Rockville (@mcfrs AT723 on a Service call on Galena Rd) A little more video leading up to the Yorkie’s release after being trapped/stuck between a wood deck & supports below/underneath, local […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a chemical leak Sunday evening in Rockville caused by a refrigerator from the 1920s. Occupants of a single-family home were moving an old refrigerator in the basement when the coolant began to leak, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief Spokesman Pete Piringer. First responders evacuated the […]

Un niño de dos años que se cayó de la ventana de un edificio de apartamentos del tercer piso el domingo murió, según la policía de Takoma Park. El incidente ocurrió el 11 de octubre en la cuadra 700 de Ethan Allen Avenue, cerca de New Hampshire Avenue. La policía de Takoma Park y los […]