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MCFRS Assists PGFD in Apartment Fire; Seven Residents Rescued

The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) provided mutual aid to the Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) on Wednesday morning in Greenbelt.

According to PGFD, a structure fire occurred at 8:43 a.m. in a three-story multi-family dwelling on the 6100 block of Breezewood Drive in Greenbelt, with fire showing from the first and second floors and reports of trapped residents. The fire has been extinguished, a second alarm was sounded, three patients were transported, and seven residents were rescued from balconies.