Family Displaced By Two-Alarm Townhouse Fire, Possible Grill Explosion In Maryland

The heat was on dozens of firefighters in Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon as they battled a two-alarm fire that displaced a family, officials say.

The fire devastated a townhouse in Montgomery County.
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Zak Failla

09/03/2023 3:06 p.m.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel were called to a townhouse in the 23300 block of Brewers Tavern Way in Clarksburg when a fast-moving blaze broke out amid the ongoing heatwave.

According to a spokesperson for the agency, the initial report found that there was an explosion from a grill near the fire. The second alarm was called due to the extreme heat and breadth of the fire.

It took a team of 68 firefighters from the department to control the flames.

No injuries were reported, but two adults and a child were displaced due to the damage caused by the fire.

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