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Maryland High-Rise Condemned After 300K-Gallon Flood Displaces More Than 1,000 Residents
A rush of water under the Wheaton Safeway ripped through the building’s electrical system Wednesday, knocking out power, flooding the basement, and forcing more than 1,000 residents from their homes.
What started as a routine service call on Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County turned into a massive all-day emergency Dec. 3, when a major water break flooded the building’s underground electrical and mechanical rooms, killed power to two high-rises, shut down the grocery store, and forced Montgomery County officials to condemn the entire complex, displacing hundreds.
Fire officials first repor…
$1M Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartment Building, Displaces Six Families: Officials
It started with a mattress — and sent flames through the top floor.
A two-alarm fire caused nearly $1 million in damage, injured two Montgomery County firefighters, and displaced at least six families in Gaithersburg on Tuesday, July 1, officials said.
Fire crews responded around 10 a.m. to a three-story apartment building at 746 Quince Orchard Boulevard, near Rabbit Road in the Potomac Oaks community, according to MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer.
More… Quince Orchard Boulevard, three-story apartment building,, nearly 100 FFs on scene, temp on scene 90°, two (2) firefighters injured/ev…
Mom Rescues Toddlers From Maryland House Fire
A late-night house fire forced a Harford County family, including two young children, to flee their home, officials said.
The fire ignited around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, inside a two-story home in the 3800 block of Hebron Terrace in Abingdon, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.
Before the fire, a resident noticed a tripped breaker and reset it, investigators said. Moments later, she smelled smoke and saw flames spreading behind a basement couch.
She quickly alerted her family, and they all escaped— including her 2- and 3-year-old children—before flames could spread, offi…
