Montgomery Community Media

A Silver Spring home being renovated collapsed Tuesday with only the porch and the basement remaining intact. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the home in the 800 block of Easley Street was being renovated when it collapsed. The four workers working on the job escaped without being injured, Piringer said. […]

UPDATED, May 12, 11 a.m. – Some of the injured involved in the accident in Gaithersburg this morning were teens. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said six people were transported to area hospitals after an accident at Snouffer School Road and Mooney Drive. One of those injured was ejected from the vehicle […]

UPDATED Montgomery County fire and rescue crews transported 11 workers from a construction site, at 14935 B Southlawn Lane, late Monday afternoon after they were exposed to carbon monoxide. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said some of the workers’ conditions were serious, but he said none of the injuries were life threatening. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters extricated two people after a car crashed into an office building from a ground level parking garage at 11820 Parklawn Drive this morning. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said medics transported a total of four people to area hospitals, including the driver of the car. He said their injuries are […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters say an electrical short in a light fixture sparked a fire on Tuesday morning at the Bed, Bath and Beyond store on Middlebrook Road in Germantown. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said workers discovered the blaze and called 9-1-1. He said the fire was controlled by the building’s sprinkler system. […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire at 9109 McDonald Drive in Cabin John on Tuesday morning. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said over 50 firefighters responded to the blaze that began on the first floor of a bedroom. According to Piringer, there is major damage to the home and two […]

UPDATED, May 5, 11:15 a.m.- HazMat teams are now using a robot to assist with the containment of hazardous chemicals in a lab on the campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus in Gaithersburg. NIST Update – #mcfrs HazMat & Fire/Explosive Investigators (Bomb Squad) robot assist NIST Safety Team w/ containment pic.twitter.com/lN7HolmZeo […]

The Connelly School of the Holy Child is closed today, May 5, (with one exception) following a fire in the conference room of the main building on Monday night. Officials with the school are instructing AP Calculus students to report to the Crivella room at 7:45 a.m. at the school. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a fire on the campus of Goshen Elementary School at 8701 Warfield Road on Sunday afternoon in Gaithersburg. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire involved the deck, handrail and wooden ramp of a portable classroom. According to Piringer, the fire did not extend to […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what ignited a house fire at 9505 Main Street in Damascus on Saturday night. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said 85 firefighters battled the blaze at the two-story structure, including firefighters from Howard, Frederick and Carroll counties. Before firefighters arrived on scene, Piringer said an occupant in the […]