Montgomery Community Media

To ensure that the Pfizer vaccine doesn’t spoil, it needs to be kept extremely cold. One company in Gaithersburg, Roberts Oxygen, is doing its part to help keep the vaccine safe by manufacturing dry ice. Reggie Wright, the regional sales manager for Roberts Oxygen, explained how dry ice—which is 109 degrees below Fahrenheit—is manufactured. “We […]

https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/920477983172939776 A Tuesday night fire in a Silver Spring apartment building displaced three families and caused $100,000 in damages, a fire spokesman said. It was likely caused by an apartment occupant, who was on oxygen, smoking, said Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. The occupant, a man in his 60s, was taken […]