Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call regarding a person on the Metro tracks at the Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring.
When responders arrived they found an injured person on the tracks, but the person had not been struck by a train or shocked by the third rail, according to our public safety reporter Cordell Pugh.
The patient was assisted from the track area at approximately 12:53am with seemingly minor injuries. The details surrounding why he was on the tracks were initially unclear.
At 1:26am, MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer tweeted that the person was injured after a fall onto the tracks.
Forest Glen Metro Station patient extricated (~12:53), seemingly only minor injuries. Details still unclear regarding circumstances winding up on tracks. Special thanks to @ArlingtonVAFD Rail Liaison Officer 110 for assisting MCFRS units at Forest Glen #WMATA. cc @ACFDChief100.
— Cordell (@CordellTraffic) January 19, 2022
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units successfully rescued a dog from Sligo Creek on Sunday morning, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
MCFRS received a call at around 11:20am about a dog that was stranded on a rock in Sligo Creek, near Big Millpond, in the Forest Glen area of Silver Spring. When units arrived they found the dog, which appeared to be a puppy, stranded on a rock in the middle of the creek.
Rescue units were able to set a ladder out and get to the pup, bringing the dog to safety soon after.
Piringer later tweeted that the rescue occurred on the 1700blk Woodman Ave.. Near Folk St., in the Montgomery Hills neighborhood.
Montgomery a county a police have confirmed one person dead and multiple people injured after a crash on Georgia Avenue at Dexter Avenue in Silver Spring (Forest Glen) last night.
The crash occurred around 10pm last night and involved at least two children being transported to the hospital.
No further details have been provided at this time.
Featured photo courtesy of Allison Papson’s tweet, seen below.
#Breaking Montgomery County Police are on the scene of a fatal crash on Georgia Ave at Dexter Ave. Officers responded to the crash at 10:09pm. Multiple people were injured and have been transferred to area hospitals. There is one confirmed fatality. #MCP pic.twitter.com/bMGqQYiEXJ
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) October 22, 2021
Update on Forest Glen Road Sidewalk
Per Montgomery County Department of Transportation
The Forest Glen Road Sidewalk project provides the preliminary (35%) design of a six feet wide concrete sidewalk with a grass buffer over approximately 2,400 feet along the north side of Forest Glen Road from Woodland Drive to Sligo Creek Trail in Silver Spring.
The sidewalk is proposed from the back of the existing curb toward the road that a retaining wall is not needed.
This project closes the missing link in the existing sidewalk that will provide safe pedestrian access to Forest Glen Metro Station, Forest Glen Medical Center, Holy Cross Hospital, Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park, and Sligo Creek Trail.
Virtual Public Meeting – June 10, 2021 – 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Boa Constrictor Sheltered in Place, Cat and 2 Dogs Rescued at Forest Glen Basement Fire
Featured Photo Courtesy of Montgomery County Fire/Rescue Chief Spokesman Pete Piringer
Around 7AM Tuesday morning, a house fire was reported in the 2800 block of Woodstock Avenue. Responders included Montgomery County Firefighters, firefighters from the U.S. Army’s Forest Glen Annex, and volunteer firefighters from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, and Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad.
Responders arrived and located a basement fire that had spread upwards into the first floor of the home. Firefighters were met by 3 humans safe outside, however the firefighters quickly learned a Boa Constrictor, cat, and two dogs were still inside. The two dogs were quickly rescued, the Boa Constrictor was sheltered in place inside, and the initially missing cat was found safe inside after the fire.
Investigators determined this fire was caused by a space heater placed too close to combustible materials, in this case a dog bed. Montgomery County Fire/Rescue Chief Spokesman Pete Piringer also noted that the home dangerously did not have any working smoke detectors.
