Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED A Damascus teen was killed in a one car crash in Damascus early today, according to Montgomery County Police. An off-duty Montgomery County police officer discovered the fatal crash in the 8100 block of Damascus Road shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday morning. According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, the 2006 Cadillac CTS […]

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of an overturned tanker truck on Club Hollow Road in the Poolesville area. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the driver of the truck was severely pinned under the overturned vehicle and had to be extricated. Piringer said the driver was transported by a medical helicopter […]

Strong storms that swept through Montgomery County on Tuesday night appear to be the cause behind a single car fatal accident in Dickerson. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer, it appears a vehicle hit a downed tree and power lines fell onto the vehicle on Darnestown Road near Cattail Road. […]

An apartment fire has displaced about a dozen Damascus families from their homes, according to a county fire official. It happened in the 26000 block of Brigadier Place on Friday evening. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said flames were showing when firefighters arrived at the scene. Piringer said the blaze originated in a third […]

A lightning strike ignited a house fire in the 24700 block of Kings Valley Road in Damascus late Thursday afternoon, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said over 65 firefighters responded to the house fire, which began in the attic of the house. According to Piringer, two adults and […]

Montgomery County fire and rescue boat teams recovered a man’s body from the Potomac River near the Carderock recreation area on Sunday afternoon, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the man is not believed to be the swimmer reported missing on June 3rd. No other information […]

UPDATED, June 9, 12:15 p.m.- Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer says about six families will likely be displaced by the fire at the Chevy Chase Crest condominiums today. Piringer said no one was injured and the fire is out. Original –  Several homes have been evacuated in the 1700 block of East West […]

UPDATED Montgomery County fire and rescue crews responded to a serious car accident at Scenery Drive and Germantown Road on Sunday evening. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that the driver was trapped inside a vehicle that struck a tree. According to Piringer, the 28-year-old man was extricated from […]

UPDATED, June 5, 12:45 p.m.- A 21-year-old Virginia man who went swimming on June 3 in the Potomac River near Great Falls is still missing. According to Montgomery County and Fire Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer, the man is presumed drowned, but search efforts continued for the third day as Montgomery County Fire Rescue Search Teams […]

  A water rescue is underway at this hour in the Potomac River near Great Falls, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there was a report of two people in the water. He said the swift water rescue team has been deployed. According to Piringer, one person […]