2-alarm fire in Montgomery County MD

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On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue units from the 3rd and 4th battalions responded to the apartment fire on the Leisure World campus in Aspen Hill.  Units arrived to find heavy smoke showing from an apartment building and fire showing on all 3 levels of the structure.

The assignment was quickly upgraded to a rapid intervention dispatch along with two task force alarms (a 2nd alarm equivalent).  More than 75 firefighters were on the scene at the height of the incident.  The bulk of the fire was knocked quickly but heavy smoke remained and firefighters chased hot spots and performed overhaul for hours after the initial call.

Multiple units of the building were damaged and 11 residents were displaced.

Thanks to the MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer for sharing the photo of Truck 725 working upon arrival with smoke showing.  I arrived once bulk of fire was knocked.

For more details and information about the fire see the following blog post via MCFRS:

There is also an MCFRS gallery here:

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Montgomery County Fire & Rescue units were alerted to the house fire on Tuesday afternoon  (6/2/15) on Coltfield Ct. in Gaithersburg.  Firefighters arrived on scene to find heavy fire and smoke showing from an end of the row townhouse.  The fire extended through two additional town house units in the row, with heavy fire load in the ceilings and walls, causing significant structural damage.  The rapid intervention and a working fire task force were dispatched quickly, and a 2nd alarm was sounded to bring more manpower and relief crews.

Units from the 3rd and 5th Battalions operated for a few hours to get the fire completely knocked and to perform overhaul.

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On Friday afternoon, units from Montgomery County Fire & Rescue 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions (75-100 total firefighters) battled a 2-alarm fire in an apartment complex in the Aspen Hill section of the county.  Combustibles in the walls of the complex ignited, extending the fire through all floors making this a challenging firefight.

Full rundown of units provided by Montgomery Fire Wire (FB page):

CAD MSG: * D * 25 * Apartment Fire * 14128 Whispering Pines Ct ,MCG * E740 PE718 PE723 E705 PE724 T725 AT718 RS742B M742B D5 D4 BC704 BC701 TG7C

RID: T740 RS703 M742F

TF: E725 PE721 AT724 AR716

2ND ALARM: PE703B E733 PE704 PE728 T716 T715 A721 M723 AR733 CT705 D5 CP727

More information regarding the fire can be found via the MCFRS PIO (Pete Piringer’s) Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO

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