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.