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Two families are now displaced after a Germantown townhouse on Palmetto Circle near Dawson Farm Road caught fire Monday afternoon. Pete Piringer, Chief Spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), says firefighters were called to the scene around 4 p.m. after reports of a fire in a third floor bedroom. Piringer says […]

Update (7:45 p.m.): Pete Piringer tweeted Tuesday that an adult male has been arrested in connection to the White Oak townhouse fire. Piringer told MyMCMedia the man was related to the family that lived in the townhouse. The man faces charges for first degree arson, reckless endangerment, first degree malicious burning, and other charges are […]

Three townhouses were damaged in a fire that displaced 10 adults, five children, three dogs and a cat early Thursday morning in the White Oak area of Silver Spring. Firefighters responded to the 11100 block of Columbia Pike around 1 a.m. Thursday morning to find fire in the attic of two townhouses. Approximately 85 firefighters […]

Firefighters responded to a home located on the 13500 block of Station Street in Germantown around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday to find the second floor engulfed in heavy smoke and fire. Chief spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, Pete Piringer says about 65 firefighters worked to get the blaze under control. Officials say […]

A family of five — three adults and two children — has been displaced from their home in Montgomery Village after a fire, according to Pete Piringer, the spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Piringer said on Twitter that the fire originated on the second floor of the family’s three-level townhouse on Club Lake […]

Two police officers were honored for saving Rockville residents in a fire, wearing no protective firefighter gear. According to the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce (MCCC), Corporal Paul Craine and Officer Ryan Mungra responded to a loud explosion coming from a townhouse, engulfed in flames. Although the two men didn’t have a firefighting apparatus and they […]

A townhouse fire on Captains Walk Court in North Potomac caused an estimated $80,000 in damages Tuesday afternoon, according to Montgomery County fire officials. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze before it spread to other units. Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that the cause of the fire was […]

UPDATED One person was injured at the scene of a townhouse fire on Bluebird Terrace in Gaithersburg on Monday night, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer said the blaze occurred in the 9200 block of Bluebird Terrace. According to Piringer, over 80 firefighters battled heavy fire conditions […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a townhouse fire on the 1100 block of Good Hope Drive in Silver Spring on Tuesday night. According to Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the fire originated in the second floor bedroom. Firefighters said there was light smoke showing when they pulled up to the house. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire. […]

More than 100 Montgomery County firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a townhouse in Germantown on Monday, March 14. According to officials, the fire caused one home to collapse and damaged surrounding buildings. Peggy Garland’s home was one of the buildings that was impacted by the blaze. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Garland describes the […]