Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County firefighters rescued a 90-year-old woman from a house fire today in the 7700 Glenmore Springs Way in Bethesda. According to fire officials, the call was dispatched at 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 31 . A smoke alarm alerted the family to the fire. When firefighters arrived, heavy fire was showing from the garage of […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a pedestrian accident at 355 and Shady Grove Road that occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 7. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham reports that two pedestrians were seriously injured and have been transported to area trauma centers. Police report that outbound 355 at O’Neill Drive and the westbound lanes of […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a house fire in the 8600 block of Camille Drive in Potomac. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said the blaze appears to have started in the garage shortly before 6 p.m. on Dec. 22. There were no injuries but two adults and two children have been displaced.

More cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year. With Thanksgiving approaching, Montgomery County Fire Chief Richard Bowers is urging residents to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and to keep safety at the top of everyone’s “to do” list this holiday season. “Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a rookie cooking […]

Montgomery County’s Urban Search and Rescue (USR) team returned on Nov. 6 after nine days in New York on a Hurricane Sandy mission. The video is courtesy of Montgomery County Fire Rescue.   Just a day before, Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner noted how the 80 rescue crews were activated by FEMA.

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of a townhouse fire in Sandy Spring. According to Assistant Chief Scott Graham, the fire occurred this afternoon (Oct. 11) at 4508 Cannes Lane and over 80 firefighters responded. The blaze is under control, Graham said in a message posted on Twitter. Graham said two adults and two […]

It took Montgomery County fire rescue units 40 minutes to knock down a fire at 733 Kent Oaks Mews in Gaithersburg on Saturday night. Assistant Chief Scott Graham said the call was dispatched at 10:45 p.m. on July 14 and when firefighters arrived a detached garage in the Kentlands community was heavily engulfed in flames. […]

UPDATED, July 13, 4 p.m. Over 100 Montgomery County firefighters were called to the scene of a three-alarm apartment building fire, at 7:23 a.m.on July 13, in the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard in Burtonsville. When they arrived, firefighters reported seeing heavy fire to the roof of the Woodlake apartment complex. During their response to […]

The smell of natural gas sent employees at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) out of their offices this afternoon. Turns out it wasn’t a gas leak and they weren’t the only ones to experience the suspicious odor. ‎”A contractor working for Washington Gas struck a small odorant line at our Rockville Station,” said Ruben Rodriguez, director […]