Montgomery Community Media

JUNE 15 UPDATE The search for a missing kayaker on the Potomac River is now over. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports the owner of the red kayak (see right), found in the Potomac River on June 13, has been located alive and well in Reston, VA. According to a Twitter post […]

Montgomery County emergency medical services crews transported a 14-year-old boy to the hospital as a priority one patient after he was struck by a vehicle on June 12 in Bethesda. The pedestrian accident happened at Rosemary Hills Drive and East West Highway. Police shut down East West Highway in both directions while the investigation was […]

UPDATED Talk about a highway delivery. An Adamstown woman gave birth to a baby boy on southbound Interstate 270, near Middlebrook Road, shortly before 6 a.m. on June 6 in the Germantown area. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that both mother and baby are doing fine. Piringer said the […]

UPDATED Divers have located the body of the missing swimmer at the Triadelphia Reservoir at 2800 Greenbridge Road in Brookeville and police have identified him as a Germantown man. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the missing 19-year-old was swimming with friends when he disappeared on June 4. According to Piringer, the man was […]

UPDATED: A man was seriously injured when he fell onto the tracks at the Bethesda Metro Station shortly before 5 p.m. on June 3. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the man had what appeared to be a medical emergency when he fell onto the tracks and was hit by a slow moving train […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire on Currier Court in Fallsmead on May 25. During the emergency response, local streets were blocked as Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer described the scene on his Twitter account as a “firefight.” According to Piringer, the bulk of the fire occurred in the basement. […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a bakery fire at 119 Market Street in downtown Kentlands around 10 p.m. on May 24. On his Twitter account, Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer said some smoke was showing when the first units arrived on the scene of the Gaithersburg business. He said the building’s sprinkler system controlled the fire, […]

Montgomery County firefighters battled a blaze at a two-story, split-level house at 4905 Dowlais Court in Rockville on May 24. Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that heavy fire was visible as first units arrived at around 9:45 p.m. According to Piringer, the fire caused significant damage to the home and it […]

Montgomery County firefighters and emergency medics were called to the scene of what a fire official described as a “possible electrocution” in Chevy Chase shortly around 7 p.m. on May 24. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported that emergency medical crews evaluated three patients for electric shock in the 200 […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a kitchen fire on the second floor at Diamond Square Apartments, 80 Bureau Drive, in Gaithersburg on May 24. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the sprinkler system helped extinguish the blaze. He said there were no injuries. Residents were seen standing and sitting in the building’s parking lot […]