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Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate
Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate Support is surging for the family of a 25-year-old woman who was killed in a Silver Spring high-rise fire over the weekend. More than $7,500 had been raised as of Monday, Feb. 20 for the family of Melanie Diaz on a GoFundMe, launched by a relative. Diaz was in The Point at 8750 Georgia Avenue, as smoke billowed from the seventh floor, and flames ripped through the building early Saturday, Feb. 18. A Georgetown University graduate, Diaz worked for the Aspen Institute, a DC-based think tank, according to her LinkedIn page and those who knew her. Diaz was apparently trying to escape the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
People Trapped On Balconies In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire People Trapped On Balconies In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire
People Trapped On Balconies In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Six people were hospitalized including one in critical condition in an apartment fire that broke out overnight in Silver Spring, officials said. Firefighters responded to The Point at 8750 Georgia Avenue where smoke was coming from the seventh floor and people were trapped on balconies sometime around 6 a.m., Montgomery County spokesman Pete Piringer said in a series of tweets. 3rd Alarm - Georgia Avenue, fire on seventh floor, EMS assisting numerous residents, Georgia Avenue in other roads CLOSED in the area downtown Silver Spring https://t.co/NgSXnK8jbu pic.twitter.com/9f4OXz00ZZ — Pe…

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by Cecilia Levine