Friday, January 16, 2015

TOWNHOUSE ON FIRE IN GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND; THE RESPONDING FIRE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH AN SUV



TOWNHOUSE ON FIRE IN GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND;  THE RESPONDING FIRE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH AN SUV






January 16, 2015




Quince Orchard Road and Quince Orchard Boulevard. Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash after the fire truck and car collided. The people were transported to the hospital around noon.







GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- Fire crews were busy on Friday afternoon responding to the scene of a townhouse fire and a fire truck accident.




Firefighters responded to the unit block of Midline Court in Gaithersburg to battle a townhouse fire. Montgomery County fire spokesperson Pete Piringer says firefighters saw smoke showing from the middle-of-the-row townhouse. They were able to extinguish the fire.




Piringer says two people were able to escape the home without injury after being alerted by the smoke alarms in the home.




Two people and two cats were displaced due to the fire, which left behind $30,000 in damage, according to Piringer.




The cause has been determined to be electrical in nature, says Piringer.




A fire truck that may have been en route to the scene was involved in an accident at Quince Orchard Road and Quince Orchard Boulevard. Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash after the fire truck and car collided. The people were transported to the hospital around noon.