Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire last night at 10 Lamp Post Court in Potomac. Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer said it was a “significant fire” and about 65 firefighters were called to the scene. Piringer said the fire appears to have ignited on the exterior rear deck and […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters battled a house fire in North Potomac on Friday afternoon at 12210 Turley Drive. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the residents were home at the time of the fire and safely evacuated. A firefighter was injured at the scene, Piringer said. According to Piringer, damage is estimated at $225,000. […]

UPDATED  Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that occurred shortly before 3 a.m. today in the Calverton area of Cherry Hill Road and Broadbirch Drive. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a 2006 Mack tractor-trailer was traveling east on Cherry Hill Road. Police said a 2012 Infinity EX35 was turning right […]

UPDATED A house fire in Germantown on Wednesday evening caused an estimated $400,000 in damages and displaced a family of four, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire at 17809 Falconcrest Circle began outside, near the deck. He said that 60 firefighters were […]

An electrical fire forced a family of five at 12117 Suffolk Terrace in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County out of their home overnight. Gaithersburg Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said two adults and three children were evaluated by emergency rescue crews at the scene for smoke inhalation. One firefighter, he said, was treated […]

Nine people were forced from their homes and two were injured in a fire at a Rockville apartment complex in the early morning hours Friday. According to Tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, the fire at at four-story apartment complex on Burnside Drive caused $75,000 in damages. He tweeted the cause […]

UPDATED at 12:30 p.m., July 10: A Silver Spring woman has died after being involved in a what police say was a hit-and-run accident at Route 29 and Fairland Road Wednesday (July 9) afternoon. Marcelina Maria Cordoba,  22, of the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening […]

Two children were rescued from local pools Monday about 1:30 p.m., according to Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. One boy, about six or seven years old, was pulled from the Kings View Community Pool at 18905 Kingsview Road by a camp counselor, Piringer said. The counselor administered CPR, reviving the boy, he said. No additional […]

  UPDATED: The fire at the Silver Spring parking garage is out and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Piringer is reporting that at least four cars are on fire in a parking garage in Silver Spring. According to his Tweets, the fire is on the […]