Per Rockville City Police Department: Traffic Alert – 10/26/22 at 9:30 p.m. Southbound Wootton Parkway is temporarily closed at Seven Locks Road due to a traffic collision. Driver of vehicle was transported to hospital with serious injuries.
Per Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services: MCFRS are on the scene of a collision with injuries on Wooton Pkwy near Tower Oaks in Rockville. 2 adults being evaluated, 1 has serious, non-life threatening injuries. Wooton Pkwy closed.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) we’re called to the scene of a dump truck fire on the ICC (200) between New Hampshire and Layhill Rd, according to Lt. Franco Martinez.
Units were able to extinguish the fire that came from the brakes of the dump truck. Some lanes are still blocked due to continued fire activity. Featured photo courtesy of Yael Azrad.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to several fires in Montgomery County on Sunday, October 23.
MCFRS investigative units continue to investigate as suppression units start to pack up and leave. https://t.co/oI6P7qGrUd pic.twitter.com/OLbcrsvWp2
MCFRS Units, including the MCFRS Bomb Squad are on the scene assisting the Department Of Energy (Germantown, MD) investigating a suspicious package. Extensive road closures in the area effecting RT118 and multiple ramps to/from I270. Not other info at this time.
At approximately 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2022 an officer was involved in a collision with another vehicle at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Olney Laytonsville Road. No injuries were reported.
The following photo of the collision was tweeted to us at 8:45 on Saturday night. The road was temporarily closed; but reopened later Saturday Night. Featured photo tweeted to us by Mike Jackman.
Updated to reflect total of eight people transported to hospital due to the crash
Ridge Road in Damascus is currently closed just north of High Corner Street following a serious crash involving two vehicles that took down a utility pole. The roadway will remain closed even after emergency crash response clears for utility pole replacement.
Per Montgomery County Police: On Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 11:16 p.m., 5th District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the area of Frederick Road and Plummer Drive for the report of a traffic collision involving a truck and a jeep. An adult male passenger of the jeep was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man driving the jeep was transported to an area hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver and passengers of the truck were transported to an area hospital with minor injuries. The decedent’s name will be released following proper notification of next of kin.
Updated at 10:15am with additional information from Montgomery County Police; crash confirmed as fatal
Emergency crews responded to the scene of a crash involving two vehicles on southbound Rt. 355 Frederick Rd in the area of Plummer Drive in Germantown at approximately 11:15pm, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) chief spokesperson Pete Piringer and Battalion Chief Chase Fabrizio. Montgomery County Police has stated that an adult male passenger of one of the vehicles was pronounced dead on the scene.
Emergency crews were called to the scene of a collision between a vehicle and a scooter on Muddy Branch Rd & W Deer Rd in Gaithersburg at approximately 8am Saturday morning.
According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) PIO Pete Piringer, one adult is being evaluated with priority 2 trauma injuries that are non-life-threatening.
The Public Safety Training Academy is located at 8751 Snouffer School Rd. in Gaithersburg. The Public Safety Career Fair will have a morning session from 9-11 a.m. and an afternoon session from 1-3 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to register in advance at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/JOBFAIR.
Attendees will be able to meet the County’s innovative public safety teams who are reimagining what it means to have a rewarding career in public safety. Representatives at the fair will include members of the Police Department, the Fire and Rescue Service, the Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a call for a fire at the Fire Station 1 restaurant at 8131 Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring. Units arrived to find a fire in and around the exhaust system of the restaurant and fire coming from the chimney. The bulk of the fire was quickly knocked out and units checked for hot spots and extensions in other parts of the chimney, shaft, and ductwork of the restaurant.
No injuries were reported, but some lanes were blocked due to the fire in the Downtown Silver Spring area.