Montgomery County Fire Marshalls are investigating a fire at a homeless camp behind the Fox Chapel Shopping Center at 19721 Frederick Road, behind the Gold’s Gym. The initial call came in as a brush fire in the wooded area between the rear of the shopping center and Minstrel Tune Drive, in the vicinity of Princess Avenue of the Middlebrook Mobile Home Park. Arriving units reported a fully-involved camp area, which was apparently being used as a shelter by a homeless person or

Eight Montgomery County firefighters suffered injuries as the front wall of a townhouse collapsed on them as they were making entry into the burning building early Monday morning. Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units were called to 19350 Churubusco Lane in Germantown for a fire in a middle-of-the-row townhouse shortly after 1:00 am Monday, March 14. Arriving units encountered heavy fire on arrival. According to MCFRS senior spokesman Pete Piringer, as firefighters were

Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units were called to the wooded in Gunners Branch Park along Clopper Road between Cinnamon Drive and Allspice Drive in Germantown for a brush fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire sparked after a power line snapped and ignited the dried grass shortly before 12:30 pm. Fire units responded to the area with brush trucks to fight the fire which had burned roughly three-acres of woodland before firefighters could extinguish the fire. Firefighter

The Riggs family who lost their home and all their possessions in a fire that was set by two 13-year-old boys is thankful to the community for their support and aid in their time of need. Mike Riggs, sent an email to the Germantown Pulse expressing his family’s gratitude. "We are truly touched by the tremendous outpouring of generosity and support from our Kingsview neighbors and community,” wrote Riggs. “Both the Kingsview Middle School and Northwest High School staff and st

Three firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a fire which all but destroyed a Germantown home Wednesday night. The fire blazed through the roof and rain poured down on responding units, as concerned neighbors gathered to watch the MCFRS personnel fight the fire. Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units were called to 17809 Falconcrest Circle at about 4:45 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 28 for a house fire. According to MCFRS senior spokesman Pete Piringer, arriving units en

Firefighters were called to a Germantown home early Thursday morning for a house fire in the 11400 block of Staten Court. The fire broke out about 2:30 am on Thursday morning. Montgomery County Fire Rescue Services arrived at the two-story single-family home to find smoke coming from the roof, according MCFRS senior spokesman Pete Piringer. A smoke alarm alerted the family of four adults and four children to the fire which appears to have started near the air conditioning uni

UPDATE: Thursday morning's fire did more than $30,000 in damage to the house on BonMark Court in Germantown, according to Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service Senior Spokesman Pete Piringer. Three adults, two children and two dogs have been displaced by the fire. Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units were called to 192000 BonMark Court in Germantown at 9:30 am on Thursday, May 7 for a fire in an attached garage, according to fire officials. The fire started in the one

Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units were called to the Germantown Auto Spa at 20440 Germantown Road for a report of smoke in the building at 1:45 pm on Saturday, April 25. Firefighters cut holes in the roof in an effort to locate the source of the smoke. Once the roof was open smoke poured out. Firefighters continued to open the roof and hose down smoldering portions of the building. According to Senior Spokesman Pete Piringer, the cause as accidental due to a heating

Montgomery County Fire Rescue units battled a wind-blown brush fire which burned 10 to 15 acres of woodland off Game Preserve Road near the CSX/MARC train tracks on Monday afternoon. The MCFRS were alerted to the fire at about 1:00 pm and crews found the fire near the train tracks. The fire closed Game Preserve Road for about four hours, as firefighters were forced to set up a water tanker “fill-site”in the parking lot of St. Rose of Lima Church on Clopper Road, because the f

Less than two hours after battling a house fire on Wanegarden Court, the Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service was called to battle a townhouse fire on Saturday night. Shortly before 10:00 pm on Saturday, March 28, MCFRS units were called to 18488 Stone Hollow Drive in Germantown for a report of fire at a middle of the row townhouse. Upon arriving firefighters found a heavy smoke condition and encountered heavy fire around the chimney and roof of the two-story townhouse locat

Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service units responded to a Germantown house fire on Saturday night. The fire which occurred at 20004 Wanegarden Court about 8:00 pm Saturday, March 28, consumed much of one exterior wall of the two-story, one-family home. The building suffered severe damage as a result of the fire. According to MCFRS Senior Spokesman Pete Piringer, the home suffered approximately $100,000 in damage. The accidently fire started in the chimney and extended into

By Kevin O’Rourke In the middle of a driving snowstorm on Saturday, Feb. 21, firefighters were called to the Middlebrook Trailer Park at 19515 Frederick Road in Germantown. During operations to put out the fire, two firefighters suffered non-life threatening orthopedic injuries, according to Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service chief spokesman Pete Piringer. "The firefighters were injured from fails or slips on ice. One suffered a shoulder injury, the other a knee injury. Th