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UPDATED A seven-year-old Silver Spring girl is being hailed a hero after she called 911 and saved her father’s life. At a ceremony today, at a Emergency Communications facility in Gaithersburg, Jenna Viloria received the “Everyday Hero Award” from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Department. The department is recognizing Jenna for her actions […]

Two families have been displaced after an apartment fire in Bethesda. It happened around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said that multiple 911 calls were received reporting an apartment fire on the 4300 block of Sangamore Road. Piringer said that firefighters reported […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a townhouse fire on the 1100 block of Good Hope Drive in Silver Spring on Tuesday night. According to Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the fire originated in the second floor bedroom. Firefighters said there was light smoke showing when they pulled up to the house. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire. […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue services are on the scene of an accident involving a school bus at Connecticut Avenue and Randolph Road in Wheaton. According to MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer, the school bus was not transporting students at the time of the collision. Update (PDO) property damage collision – Connecticut Av & Randolph Rd, […]

The last 24 hours have been especially busy for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Between 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 29th and 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30th, there have been 40 collisions and MCFRS received 300 calls for service according to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer. “We average about 300 to 350 calls per day, but […]

As you set your clocks back an hour on Nov. 1st as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end, it is also a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

UPDATED 8.2.15 Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire in the 900 block of Stonestreet Avenue in Rockville shortly after midnight on August 1st. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the blaze caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the structure. The house was vacant at the time of the […]

An overnight house fire resulted in major structural damage and roof collapse of a home in the Springbrook neighborhood in Silver Spring. The occupants were not home at the time of the fire according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said 75 firefighters responded to the blaze in […]

Firefighters are battling a blaze on Howell Road in Bethesda this morning. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the fire originated in the basement of the home that is still under construction. One man is suffering burns to the arms and face from the blaze, he said. Piringer wrote the fire caused an estimated […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue workers had to use rigging and ropes to rescue a victim whose car went down an embankment off Colesville Road Saturday afternoon. According to MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer a car went over an embankment off Colesville Road near Southwood Avenue about 4:30 p.m. and one person was trapped. Piringer said […]