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A family is displaced from their home after a fire in their Gaithersburg townhome caused $150,000 in damages early Tuesday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said the cause was electrical and started in the basement of the house on Anna Court about 3 a.m. Monday. One person suffered from smoke inhalation. […]

A home heating truck carrying 2,500 gallons of heating oil onboard overtuned on Goshen View Drive in Gaithersburg this morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said hazmat crews are on the scene of the accident. No one was injured. The truck apparently skidded off a driveway while making a delivery, Piringer said. U/D […]

UPDATED – A house fire at 6408 Olney Laytonsville Road caused an estimated $300,000 in damages to the home and $125,000 in losses to the contents, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said 75 firefighters were engaged in a firefight at the height of the […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said one person was extricated from a two vehicle collision at Brink Road and Woodfield Road early today. He also reported several other injuries on his Twitter account. Woodfield Road at Brink Road is closed in both directions, according to an Alert Montgomery message. Commuters are […]

A fire at the Middlebrook Trailer Park in Germantown has displaced four adults and two children and caused an estimated $75,000 in damage, according to a Montgomery County fire official. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire involved the water heater and extended to an area under the […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said a large house fire on Friday night at 7704 Yellowstone Way in Derwood caused an estimated $600,000 in damage. Piringer said the cause of the fire was discarded smoking materials in a potted plant. 7704 Yellowstone Wy, 2285 Sq ft, 2-sty house; Damage, >$600K; Cause, […]

UPDATED A 49-year-old Washington, D.C. woman was struck and killed by a vehicle as she stood near a bus stop in White Oak on Wednesday. According to a police account, police officers and Montgomery County fire rescue crews responded for the report of a pedestrian struck in the 1000 block of Cresthaven Drive in White […]

UPDATED Over 80 Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a two alarm house fire at 6913 Hillmead Road in Bethesda. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there were no injuries. So far, no word on what sparked the blaze or the amount of monetary damage. Precautionary 2nd Alarm […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to an electrical fire in the third floor ceiling of a building at Orchard Pond Apartments at 975 Clopper Road in Gaithersburg on Feb. 17. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the blaze caused $25,000 in damage and residents were temporarily displaced because of the fire. He said there […]

A fire at 724 Ritchie Avenue caused an estimated $85,000 in damage and displaced a family of four, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said the fire was sparked by displaced fireplace ashes outside the house. There were no injuries, he said. More…Ritchie Av: Cause, misplaced FP ashes, too […]