Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County firefighters battled a barn fire for several hours on Tuesday night that was ablaze in Laytonsville. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire at a hay barn in the 7300 block of Damascus Road occurred in a non-hydrant area. According to Piringer, firefighters encountered heavy flames upon arrival. They utilized tanker […]

Montgomery County firefighters say a fire displaced a family from their townhouse at 18925 Ebbtide Circle in Germantown on Monday afternoon. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said, at one point, firefighters were engaged in a “firefight” as they worked to extinguish the blaze. According to Piringer, the fire started outside near a trash bin […]

UPDATED Over 1,900 Pepco customers in the Germantown area were without power for a couple of hours on Monday afternoon. Pepco Spokesperson Bill Yingling said the cause of the outage was under investigation. At 1:15 pm. he said restoring power to customers as quickly, and as safely as possible, was the company’s first priorities. One […]

Wootton Parkway is partially closed, between Edmonston Road and Tower Oaks Boulevard, after a collision on Thursday in Rockville. Fire personnel said one lane is open for vehicles, but drivers are advised to avoid the area. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, the driver, a woman, was trapped inside her SUV […]

Lanes blocked on northbound of Veirs Mill Road, near Newport Mill Road, after a collision on Monday in Silver Spring. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, emergency crews are currently evaluating five people with non-life-threatening injuries. Traffic advisory – Veirs Mill Road and Newport Mill Road, collision, EMS evaluating multiple injuries, some lanes blocked […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said one person was injured after an early morning collision Tuesday on River Road near the intersection with Little Falls Parkway. The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. and Piringer said the person had to be extricated from a Volvo sedan. The victim was taken to a local […]

UPDATED 8.3.15, 5:39 p.m.– New Hampshire Avenue at Cannon Road is now open according to the police. ORIGINAL POST: Montgomery County Police and Fire and Rescue personnel are on the scene of a collision on New Hampshire Avenue and Cannon Road in Silver Spring’s Colesville neighborhood. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his […]

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 […]