A fire on the 2600 block of Harris Avenue in Wheaton required approximately 65 firefighters early this morning, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The initial dispatch was at 2:30am for a heavy fire at a 2-story home in Wheaton. Four occupants were able to get out without injuries, but the family dog, which was located on the second floor, did not survive.
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.
Update (Wednesday, 1/19, 9:10pm):
From WSSC: Linden Ave, Bethesda water main repair update 9pm 1/19- more new pipe going in the ground. Significant amount of pipe needed 4 this challenging repair. Water 💧 station – Maplewood Alta Vista Park (5209 Alta Vista Rd) until 11 pm. We apologize, we know this has been a long repair
West Montgomery Avenue is closed between Nelson Street and Hurley Avenue due to a traffic collision involving a tractor trailer that occurred just before 7am this morning, according to MCFRS PIO Jason Blake.
A Haz Mat team has been on the scene to pump off the saddle tanks prior to the removal of the tractor trailer. There were no injuries.
Update from Montgomery County Emergency Management: NB Frederick Rd (MD 355) between Shady Grove Rd and S. Westland Dr. reopened from earlier traffic incident. Expect residual delays.
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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a townhouse fire on the 300blk of W Deer Park Rd in Gaithersburg on Wednesday morning around 3am.
Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer reports that up to 20 people from six different townhouse units are displaced.
Montgomery County Police, along with assistance from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, removed a man that was lodged inside of the chimney of a single family home on Dameron Dr and Forest Glen Rd in Forest Glen.
According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the man was not authorized to be there.
A 2-alarm at 8800 Garland Ave off of Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring required approximately 85 firefighters, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The fire occurred on two levels of the 4-sorry garden style apartments and required multiple rescues as the fire was being extinguished in 15° temperatures.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were called to 199 Rollins Ave in Rockville earlier this evening for a 2-Alarm fire.
According to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer, the fire started when a piece of burning paper that was used to light a candle was improperly discarded into a wicker trash can on the fifth floor of the 8-story Bethany House senior apartment complex.
A tractor trailer struck a parked trailer and overturned on Crabbs Branch Way this morning around 10am, according to Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Pete Piringer.
Hazmat is currently on the scene and there was no significant fuel spill.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were called to a fire at 1700 Rockville Pike, Halpine Road.
The fire, which caused smoke to be visible from outside of the garage, started on a rubbish pile on the second level of parking garage.