Montgomery Community Media

A restaurant fire at Mr. Eddie’s Pizza & Subs on Feb. 13 in the 17500 block of Redland Road has been ruled accidental, according to a Montgomery County fire rescue official. The blaze caused $300,000 damage to the structure and $100,000 to the contents of the restaurant, Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said. Graham said […]

Montgomery County fire rescue crews are on the scene of a two car accident involving an overturned vehicle at the eastbound 370 ramp to southbound 270 in Gaithersburg. One patient has been transported to the hospital with non life threatening injuries, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham.

Two Montgomery County firefighters were injured battling a house fire in Dickerson during the early morning hours. At 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, Montgomery County firefighters responded to the report of a house fire at the 19700 block of Mouth of Monocacy Road. Firefighters arrived on the scene and encountered a well established fire […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a pedestrian accident at 355 and Shady Grove Road that occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 7. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham reports that two pedestrians were seriously injured and have been transported to area trauma centers. Police report that outbound 355 at O’Neill Drive and the westbound lanes of […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a house fire in the 8600 block of Camille Drive in Potomac. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said the blaze appears to have started in the garage shortly before 6 p.m. on Dec. 22. There were no injuries but two adults and two children have been displaced.

Montgomery County fire rescue crews are on the scene of a four inch gas leak along Washingtonian Boulevard in Gaithersburg. Commuters should note that Washingtonian Boulevard is closed from 9715 Washingtonian Boulevard to Fields Road because of the gas leak. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said about a dozen people have been evacuated from the […]

Immediately following Hurricane Sandy, eighty Montgomery County members of FEMA’s Maryland Task Force One were sent to Queens, NY. The team consisted of firefighters, doctors, search and rescue specialists, and paramedics. Assistant Chief Scott Graham, who was deployed with the team, talks about the 9 days they spent helping the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Take […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a fully engulfed single family house fire around 11 p.m. on Nov. 11 in the 21100 block of Beallsville Road. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said there were no injuries in the blaze. He reports the house is a “total loss” and said the origin and cause of the blaze […]

Montgomery County fire rescue units responded to a head on collision involving a school bus on Oct. 26 at Wootton Parkway and Hurley Avenue. According to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham, four students were transported with minor injuries to an area hospital. An adult male was also transported to a local trauma center, Graham said. […]

Montgomery County fire rescue is reporting one person has been killed and another injured in a small plane crash near Laytonsville. It happened at 7:20 p.m. in the 16300 block of Hawkins Creamery Road near Pocahontas Drive, according to Assistant Chief Scott Graham. The FAA is in route to assist with the crash investigation. Fire […]