Update~13 Firstfield Rd/Seneca Creek Comm Church~ MC building engineer and MC Department of Permitting Services contacted to review damage to building. Unknown if building occupied at time of accident. @mcfrsPIO
School is in session. @mcfrs members from Fire Station 29 in Germantown spent the morning at Waters Landing Elementary School. Crews had fun showing students their equipment and explained some summer safety practices. @mcfrsPIO
.@mcfrs was dispatched today @946am for a car into a building at 13 Firstfield Rd/Seneca Creek Community Church(Gaithersburg). Crews located a pickup truck into the church with two occupants inside. Two adults from the truck were transported w/non life threatening injuries.
Road Closure: Sherwood Hall Ln at Holland Rd in Hybla Valley is closed in both directions due to a single-vehicle crash into a utility pole. The driver fled the scene. Officers are on scene investigating. Please use an alternate route while crews make repairs. Call 911 w/ info.
~10a Firstfield Rd, Seneca Creek Community Church, collision, vehicle into building, @mcfrs on scene,?@MCFRS_EMIHS Evaluating 2 patients from vehicle with NLTI. Major structural damage to church @mcfrs A708B, RS729, PE708, BC703 responded
River Rd Burnett Rd. IAO Beltway, Bethesda, collision w/ rollover & multiple patients, Total 5 patients @mcfrs on scene, @MCFRS_EMIHS evaluated 3 teens in rollover vehicle, all 3 trauma patients & 2 adults in other vehicle, both NLTI, All self-extricated,
Box Alarm: 800 Block of Channing Place NE
5 story apartment building.
Small fire in an apartment on 2nd floor out on arrival with no extension to adjacent apartments.
No injuries to report.
Units going in service shortly.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: A truck struck a utility pole, bringing down power lines.
Quince Orchard Road at Purchase Road, Firstfield Road at Quince Orchard Boulevard, and Quince Orchard Road at Twin Lakes Drive are closed in both directions.
Drivers are advised to seek an alternate route and expect delays.
#RoadClosure #MCPD #MCPNews
UPDATE: Box alarm 1700 Bl. Tobias Dr. SE
A parked Ice Cream truck was fully engulfed. Quickly extinguished. No extension.
No injuries. Fire investigators in route.
(FINAL 2:45PM): The leak has been contained. The gas company will remain on scene completing repairs. Fire and rescue crews are working with the affected businesses to return and will then clear the area. The roadways are expected to reopen shortly after.
…Several businesses have been evacuated, and additional businesses in the area have been impacted. There have been no reported injuries at this time. Continue to take alternative travel routes and follow the direction of law enforcement on scene.
(UPDATE 2PM): We appreciate your patience as emergency crews remain on scene working to safely resolve this incident. Edwards Ferry Road is closed in both directions between the Leesburg Bypass and Heritage Way. The Leesburg Bypass remains fully open in all directions… cont.
Crews are on scene of an outside gas leak in area of Edwards Ferry Rd NE & the Leesburg Byp. Gas company is on scene. Several businesses in the area are being evacuated as a precaution. Several roadways in the area have been shut down. Avoid the area, traffic impacts expected.
Purple Line crews will begin Live Wire testing of light rail tracks and systems with a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between the Lyttonsville Operations and Maintenance Facility and Bethesda Station.
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Earlier today, officers responded to the 600 block of King St. and 100 block of N. Washington St. for a grand larceny in progress that remains under investigation.
The suspect is in custody. Detectives remain on scene. Please avoid the area.
#OneAPD#OneAlexandria
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