Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, Oct, 14, 5:45 p.m. – The fire at the Mallard Cove apartment building originated on the outside patio of the terrace level and caused more than $30,000, according to Montgomery  County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer. The cause is still under investigation. Original – A fire in the Mallard Cove apartment building in […]

UPDATED Oct. 1 at 12 p.m. Police are now confirming the two deaths are connected. Police said the issues began at work. According to police, autopsies are underway and we should have more details about what led to these deaths later today. Earlier today, in this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Police Spokesperson Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti […]

Montgomery County Police are on the scene of a house fire off Great Elm Drive near Glen Road where firefighters discovered the body of a person in the garage of house that had been on fire. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted out that Montgomery County Police are conducting a death investigation […]

UPDATED, Sept. 29, 3:30 p.m. – A 51-year-old Laytonsville woman died in an accident in Olney Monday morning. At about 5:29 a.m., officers and Montgomery County Fire & Rescue responded to a collision on Olney-Laytonsville Road (Route 108) at Volunteer Drive. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2001 Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling west on Olney-Laytonsville Road. A […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters have determined a fire at Sardi’s, 430 North Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg, was caused by an electrical malfunction on the roof. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, over 60 firefighters responded to the blaze that was reported around 7 a.m. on Sept. 28. On his Twitter account, Piringer tweeted […]

A portion of Southlawn Lane in Rockville was closed Saturday as firefighters worked to put out a large pile of scrap metal on fire in the area. #mcfrs FFs work to cool & extinguish fire involving large pile of scrap metal at Montgomery Iron & Metal Co, R'ville pic.twitter.com/Ng3F52oL7X — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 20, […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue teams are on the scene of what might be a methamphetamine lab in a Germantown townhome. U/D Waterside Ct, #mcfrs hazmat crew suspect chemical odor related to possible drug production (Meth lab), EMS evaluating 6 people — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 20, 2014 HazMat – Unit blk Waterside Ct, Germantown, […]

Homes in Bethesda’s Edgemoor neighborhood have been evacuated as Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Hazmat services respond to a leak from a residential in-ground propane tank of more 400 gallons in the 7100 block of Fairfax Rd, according to tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Local neighborhood streets have been closed and […]

Two people were transported to the hospital with serious injuries after an early morning car accident at Bou Avenue and the CSX railroad tracks in Rockville. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said it happened in the 5800 block of Bou Avenue shortly around 2:10 a.m. on Sunday. According to Piringer, the vehicle crashed through […]

UPDATED, Sept. 13, 3:30 p.m. – All three occupants of a small plane that skidded off the runway refused medical treatment, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. UPDATED A small plane skidded off the runway and flipped over at the Montgomery Airpark with three passengers on board today. […]