A collision involving a tractor trailer (with several other collisions in the area) has sent one child to the hospital with a traumatic injury on Sunday evening, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The collision occurred at approximately 5:10pm, based on the time stamp on a dashcam video that recorded the crash. The video shows the tractor trailer swerving from the local lanes to the express lanes to avoid hitting a white SUV.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) were called to the scene of an occupied vehicle in rising water on Brighton Dam Rd between Georgia Avenue and Bordly Road in the Brookeville area at approximately 8:30pm on Sunday night, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was trapped in over 2 feet of rising water approximately 80 feet from high ground/shoreline. Water began to enter the stalled vehicle when rescue crews used a boat to to move the vehicle to higher ground. There were no apparent injuries and the road was closed due to the rising water.
A collision involving a tractor trailer (with several other collisions in the area) has sent one child to the hospital with a traumatic injury on Sunday evening, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The collision involving the tractor trailer occurred at approximately 5:15pm on northbound I-270 prior to exit 11. HazMat crews are on the scene to assist with a fuel leak from the tractor trailer. All northbound lanes are blocked, as the crash occurred on the express lanes with pieces of the concrete median falling into the local lanes.
New Hampshire Avenue is closed between Brighton Knolls Drive and River Mist Ct in Brinklow (includes Gold Mine Rd), according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue PIO Pete Piringer.
Crews were initially dispatched to New Hampshire Ave. near Brighton Knolls Drive for extensive storm damage. BGE was on the scene for wires down and damaged utility poles that has resulted in power out in are. Two people were trapped in a vehicle with burning/sparking ‘live’ wires on car and we’re safely removed by MCFRS. The road is currently closed in that area.
Multiple vehicles were struck by an airborne tire that bounced across the inner loop and outer loop of I-495 near the Linden Lane overpass, between Georgia Ave. and Connecticut Ave., (Kensington/Silver Spring) on Saturday evening, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue PIO Pete Piringer.
According to Piringer, The airborne tire and debris only caused property damage on the inner loop, but resulted in several injuries on the outer loop including two adults being transported to the hospital with priority 1 (life threatening) traumatic injuries after the tire struck multiple moving vehicles.
A collision involving three vehicles occurred at approximately 8:45 this morning at SB New Hampshire Avenue and Route 108 in Ashton, according to MCFRS Public Information Officer Pete Piringer.
The collision has resulted in the closure of “some lanes”, but it is not clear how many at this moment. Three vehicles were involved and two patients were sent transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue (MCFRS) units were called to the Goshen Crossing shopping center on Goshen Rd. near Snouffer School Road for a vehicle fire just before 3am on Wednesday morning, according to MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.
The vehicle fire occurred in front of the Giant Food Store. The first arriving units found commercial tractor trailer vehicle fully-involved in a fire. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of HazMat crews due to a diesel fuel leak. The cab of the trailer was completely destroyed, causing approximately $50K in damages. There we no injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue (MCFRS) units were called the scene of what was initially thought to be an overturned kayak in the area of the O Deck at Great Falls Park Tavern at approximately 4pm on Thursday afternoon, according to MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.
A passerby saw what they believed to be an overturned kayak in the Potomac River and quickly made a good intent call to 911 alerting them of the scene. Swift water rescue boats were deployed for the technical rescue and a U.S. Park Eagle helicopter assisted, eventually finding what turned out to be other debris. The water remained at high levels yesterday with a strong current that brought plenty of debris to the area. Portions of the river remained closed throughout the day due to previous flooding. Several boats and the helicopter remained on the scene to survey the area.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) were called to the scene of a fire on the roof of the Whitney Apartments on the 7700 block of Wisconsin Avenue near Cheltenham Drive, according to MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer, after smoke was seen coming from the roof of the building at approximately 6pm on Tuesday evening.
Roofers were working on the roof of the 11-story residential building using heat applications and accidentally ignited some insulation located around a fan duct. The workers were able to knock down the fire with fire extinguishers. There was very little extension and the fire was completely out by 7pm. There were no injuries and minimal damage.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a call of one person stranded in/on their vehicle Saturday morning at the 1900 block of Brighton Dam Road in Brookeville, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
Rescue units were able to successfully rescue the person who was wet, but uninjured. Brighton Dam Rd remained closed in the area due to rising water. The area where the car got stuck does have a flood warning sign. Piringer also warned of rising water at “Hawlings River & tributaries, Brighton, Brookeville, Sunshine, Laytonsville area(s).” A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service early Saturday morning.
This year’s Fallen Heroes Day ceremony that took place on Friday, May 6th at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens honored over a dozen first responders who died in the line of duty, including Baltimore City Firefighter and paramedic, Kenny Lacayo (video of the ceremony can be seen here). He was a career firefighter who attended Wheaton High School and Montgomery College & is a Life Member Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad.
The Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad released a statement remembering Kenny following his death: