Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Metro suspended rail service between Takoma and Forest Glen stations Tuesday evening.
Update Service is back to normal at the Silver Spring Metro station, Metro announced via Twitter at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday. Original post A fire on the tracks that sent billowing smoke over downtown Silver Spring forced the evacuation of the Silver Spring Metro station at the peak of Tuesday evening’s rush hour. No one was injured as firefighters brought the fire under a Red Line train under control quickly, said Assistant Chief Scott Graham, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. NBC4 video from the scene showed thick white smoke after the fire was extinguished. The fire was in electrical insulation and connectors on the tracks, Graham said. Red Line service was suspended between the Takoma and Forest Glen stations, …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thomas W. Carr Jr. was the first to lead a restructured county fire department.
Thomas W. Carr Jr., a 31-year veteran of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service who served as its first countywide chief, died Wednesday in Charleston, SC, the county fire and rescue service announced in a news release. He was 59. Carr suffered from complications from multiple system atrophy, a rare neurological disorder that causes symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. Ill health forced Carr to retire as chief of the Charleston Fire Department last year, the release said. Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) appointed Carr the first chief of a unified county fire and rescue service in 2004. His appointment followed passage by the County Council of controversial legislation that led to reform of the department’s …
Friday, December 7, 2012
The health department will need to complete an inspection before the coffee shop re-opens, according to fire and rescue officials.
The East-West Highway Starbucks remains closed following a Friday morning fire in a ceiling fan in the coffee shop's rear bathroom, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The county health department must complete an inspection before it allows the shop to open, according to Beth Anne Nesselt, a county Fire and Rescue spokeswoman. Responders arrived around 10:13 a.m., Nesselt said, and quickly extinguished the small electrical fire. The office building above the Starbucks was evacuated, and the workers had returned to their desks by about 10:30 a.m. A rapid intervention team was also dispatched, Nesselt said. It wasn't yet clear when the Starbucks would re-open. "There's a pretty comprehensive cleaning that needs to take …
The Department of Juvenile Services is handling the case involving four juveniles, fire officials said.
An arson fire that destroyed playground equipment at Rockville Civic Center Park on Thanksgiving eve caused an estimated $160,000 in damage, county fire investigators said Thursday. Fire officials for the first time provided details of the arrest of four teenagers whom law enforcement officials say are responsible for the fire. Rockville Patch first reported the incident Tuesday. Temporary fencing and the remains of police tape surrounded the melted and charred remains of the playground equipment Thursday afternoon. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel responded shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 21 to the playgroud on the Civic Center grounds at 603 Edmonston Drive, the fire and rescue service said in a news release. The playground was …
Monday, October 29, 2012
A tree fell on an apartment building in Silver Spring Monday night as Hurricane Sandy brought high winds to the county.
As Hurricane Sandy brough high winds to Montgomery County late Monday night, a tree collapsed on a Silver Spring apartment building and caused a major gas leak, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service wrote on its blog early Tuesday. The tree sheared off the building's gas meter, MCFRS reported via Twitter. Wires were also downed behind the home, located in the 20 block of Manchester Place in Silver Spring. Crews were able to shut off gas flow and the occupants were unharmed, according to MCFRS tweets. According to the blog, 14 adults and 5 children were displaced and no one was injured. A building inspector was being sent to assess damage to the home and officials were assisting the occupants with finding shelter.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
This Silver Spring firefighter's career decision was reinforced when he helped subdue the flames at the Pentagon after 9/11.
Lt. Antonio Bencosme, 44, was one of many Montgomery County firefighters who went to subdue the fires burning through the Pentagon. The Silver Spring-based firefighter was called to service early on Sept. 12, 2001. His unit was called to the scene because of a new low-profile truck it had purchased that could be driven through the tunnels to reach the inner circle of the Pentagon. When Bencosme arrived, he could see where American Airlines Flight 77 had crashed, and he was stunned. He worked 15 hours alongside other local firefighters to control the flames. It was a difficult assignment, but it serves as a reminder of why he became a firefighter. Bencosme started his career about 20 years ago after leaving the U.S. Army. He had a choice …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Police: Saharath Rochanavichit, 41, was thrown from his motorcycle on Great Seneca Highway on Sunday night.
A Rockville man died from injuries suffered when he was thrown from a motorcycle he was driving Sunday night on Great Seneca Highway in Gaithersburg, county police said in a news release. Saharath Rochanavichit, 41, of the 13500 block of Oriental Street in Rockville, died of his injuries at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, police said. County and Gaithersburg city police as well as county fire and rescue units responded to a report of a serious collision about 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, the release said. An investigation by county police's Collision Reconstruction Unit determined that Rochanavichit was northbound on Great Seneca Highway near High Gables Drive when, for reasons that remain unclear, the 2009 Ducati motorcycle he was driving struck…
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
A two-alarm fire on the roof of the furniture store closed Rockville Pike into Town Center at the height of Wednesday evening's rush hour.
A two-alarm fire Wednesday night at the Marlo Furniture at 725 Rockville Pike did significant damage to the store's roof and snarled traffic in Rockville Town Center at the height of the evening rush. Two firefighters were injured. The call for the fire came in at 6:15 p.m. County and Rockville City police closed Rockville Pike at Wootton Parkway, rerouting traffic around the northbound route into the city's downtown. An NBC4 helicopter captured video of the rooftop blaze. Two firefighters suffered heat-related non-life threatening injuries while putting out the blaze, said Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the county fire and rescue service. The store was evacuated, Graham said. No civilians were hurt. Firefighters extinguished the fire, …
Monday, June 11, 2012
The Gazette: A 22-year-old man suffered serious injuries.
Updated, 3 p.m., June 12: County police say that a 22-year-old man was struck by a train on Monday night while playing “a game” with a 21-year-old woman, The Washington Examiner reported. Click here to read the story from The Examiner. Authorities have not identified the man or the woman. They are both from Gaithersburg, The Washington Post reported. The man was taken to the shock trauma unit at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda with serious injuries, The Gazette reported. Police are investigating. Click here to read the story from The Gazette. Original post, 11:20 p.m., June 11: A pedestrian was struck by a CSX train near the intersection of Nebel Street and Randolph Road in North Bethesda on Monday night, a county fire and rescue spokesman …
Saturday, June 9, 2012
A fire in the 10200 block of Kensington Parkway on Saturday afternoon, June 9, brought out two fire alarm units, but injured no one.
A heavy fire that began in a ground-level apartment in the 10200 block of Kensington Parkway at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, was mostly extinguished within 20 minutes, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Capt. Oscar Garcia and Assistant Chief Scott Graham. The fire extended into a second-floor apartment directly above the ground-floor apartment. Two fire alarm units were dispatched to the scene, but the second unit was not used in full, Graham said. No injuries to the occupants of the building or to the firefighters were reported, although smoke did travel to other parts of the building, and occupants were evacuated while the fire was extinguished, Graham added. Editor's note: A correction has been made to …
ROBERT SCHROEDER
8:21 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I heard & saw it live on the trafficland cameras, sad to say I could not use it since it was from another source. more ›