Montgomery Community Media

Dozens of firefighters responded to an apartment fire in Gaithersburg Nov. 13, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services. At approximately 1:20 p.m. Friday afternoon, firefighters arrived at the scene on Washington Grove Lane. The fire was in an unoccupied third story apartment, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief Spokesman Pete Piringer. […]

Updated at noon: All lanes of Frederick Road between Clarksburg Road and Old Hundred Road have reopened. Original post: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue services are on the scene of a two-alarm fire at a recycling facility in Clarksburg. Both directions of Frederick Road (MD355) between Clarksburg Road (MD121) and Old Hundred Road (MD109) are […]

It took nearly 100 firefighters to battle a two-alarm duplex fire in Wheaton on Wednesday that has displaced several residents. It happened at the 12000 block on Berry Street around 4 p.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials. Firefighters encountered heavy fire upon arrival and neighborhood streets had to be closed, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete […]

Four families have been displaced by a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex today on Congressional Lane in Rockville, according to a Montgomery County fire official, who said a firefighter was also injured battling the blaze. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the firefighter’s injury is not life threatening. Piringer said two children […]

UPDATED A four-year-old boy was killed in a two-alarm fire at the Cider Mill apartment complex on Jan. 8 and several other residents were injured, according to Montgomery County fire officials. The blaze was reported shortly after 4 p.m. in the 18200 block of Lost Knife Circle in Montgomery Village. Firefighters used ground ladders to […]